Ignition, I think you are totally correct. When people with little to no experience with guns get a hold of one in their hands and see that it is like most other tools, and that they don't have a mind of their own, it opens their eyes.
When I first got married, my wife's family was mostly anti-gun. In fact, I recall at one point when I was trying to get my wife to get a CCW, she mentioned it to her sisters, and they all started going on and on about how terrible that would be... Then they went on to talk about how they would never let their husband so much as own a gun, blah blah blah...
What's funny is, now, I have helped 3 of my brother in law's (as well as my father in law) pick out multiple guns for themselves... and they got CCW permits now. I have two other BIL's that don't have CCW's, and only one of them doesn't own a gun.
This past year, during a family reunion on that side, I led a trip to the shooting range with many of the people in the family, excluding many of the women, but including most of the kids that were old enough to understand basic gun safety and handling skills.
It's amazing how the whole family has come around. Granted, they weren't flaming liberals from the start already, but they were just good people who were ignorant about the subject. Now they are educated a little.
