[jdege]

There were Republicans who opposed shall-issue in Minnesota, but not many of them. Of the four Minnesota GOP Senators who voted against shall-issue carry in 2001, only one returned to the Senate in 2003, and she was refused endorsement by the district GOP convention, and ran as an Independent.

There have been some Democrats who were strong supporters of shall-issue, but even so, they voted for a rabidly anti-gun Senate leadership. The GOP leadership was openly pro-gun. Not all of them truly see the light on the issue, understanding how fundamentally important it is to ensure that we maintain an armed citizenry, but some do. And the rest understand the political reality.

The shall-issue bill passed in Minnesota because over the last seven years, through three election cycles, the pro-carry advocates turned out people at the caucuses, the primaries, and the general elections, and put pro-carry candidates in office.

[Shooter 2.5]

Exactly.

If anyone looks at the debates, the rift between the parties is evident.

The dem party is starting to abandon gun control as a campaign issue but that doesn't mean once they get in office they still continue down that path.

They will continue to lose until they start supporting the Bill of Rights.