Most of the dems I know have told me they don’t want guns banned. They just don’t want every idiot carrying everywhere. And they don’t want anyone carrying automatic or easily converted to automatic weapons. And every police officer that I know, I am retired but volunteer to help my local police get more resources, tell me they don’t want anyone except law enforcement to be carrying in public. On the illegal immigrants thing. I agree that it should be better regulated. But the Christian side of my brain also wants to help those in need regardless of who they are. So I struggle with that. And on the gender thing. Why do you care how anyone identifies themselves gender wise? I don’t get how or why some people are gay or trans or any of that. But it is none of my business. I have known several people in my life who were “different”. And they were not bad people in any real way. I don’t have to understand to treat people the way I expect to be treated. “Do onto others” ring a bell?
How, exactly, does a firearm "protect" you? Even police seem not to be able to disable someone by shooting people in the knee - they always go for the head or the heart, basically MURDERING someone.
Edit: Sorry if you don't like to hear the truth - perhaps you'd better shoot me... :-)