Armoredman has finally hit the nail on the head.
I realize that for some people there are more important things than firearms. I myself have a couple of higher priorities.
I often hear people say that they love to live where they do because of all sorts of reasons. From the economy, to the climate, to the scenery.
It's almost the same excuses people give for choosing a political candidate based on their stance on non-gun, non-sporting issues.
But what, I feel, these people are overlooking is that any state or any person that will ignore or attempt to dilute any portion of The Constitution or The Bill of Rights simply cannot be trusted to uphold the remainder. Hells Bells™ it/they shouldn't even be expected to do so.
How many sun-worshipping, beach bunny ogling, California men would be willing to give up their right to free speech for the pleasure of watching a woman, with plastic mammary glands partially stuffed into a tank top, flirt with a bald man driving a Mercedes convertible?
How many melanoma-endangered California women would be willing to trade their right to vote for the luxury to parade around in a thong bikini on an overcrowded beach 342 days per year?
Sadly I suspect the real answer, to this last question, would be, "Most of them", since I'll wager that less than 50% of them vote at all and that the vast majority of those who do, know nothing more about the persons they voted for than what they "learned" from a TV commercial.
After all, isn't the ability to obsess over a 38DDD much more important than the right to possess a .50BMG?