Do not underestimate the corrosive effect of being held in contempt has on you.
I was born in and most lived in free states until I moved (somewhat obliviously, and for good reasons at the time) into New Jersey.
Sure, I had some vague notion that "they had a lot of gun control", and pretty much dismissed its effect, and grossly underestimated how bad it could be.
After all, I asked myself, "how bad can it be?"
16 years later, I took fierce and honest inventory of how living under a malignant spirit of oppression and instutionalized contempt had affected me, and the answer was profoundly disturbing.
Disturbing enough to get a new job, sell my house, pack up the family, and run like hell.
You see, it's not so much what "they" can do to you, it's the little compromises that you do to YOURSELF to make it OK to continue living as you are.
You see, the devil will never appear in a flash of light and a puff of smokey sulphur, offering you the grandaddy deal in exchange for your soul. It doesn't work that way. You sell your soul off one little slice at a time:
-Oh, high taxes are OK, I guess. After all, the shore's right down thataway.
-FID? Sigh. Well, whatever. I've got things to do.
-Generally unsocial folks? Er...well, I know a few that aren't.
-Oppressive regulations on every damn thing in sight? Well, as the russian peasants say, after enough time, you can get used to anything, even being hanged.
-Suicidal voters? Hmph...what's wrong with these people?
and on and on and on, until one day you wake up and realize that IT IS NOT OK.
It is NOT OK for your government to presume your incompetence, irresponsibility, and innability to manage your own affairs.
It is NOT OK for you to live among folks that you only pretend you have something in common with.
It is NOT OK to keep living under circumstances that offend you so deeply.
The thing to realize is that it's not ~~just~~ guns. Gun rights are not a cause, they are a symptom of a much deeper issue that seeps into all other aspects of life.
May you have the wisdom to see the path that is right for you and yours. As for me, it wasn't working.