The gender gap in this poll is the number that actually matters. The age trend is interesting, but the 59-41 / 63-37 male-female split is what drives every policy fight, every ad buy, and every endorsement calculation at the state level.

"Women oppose striking them down 63-37. That gap dwarfs anything found between generations, and it explains why gun control messaging is almost universally fronted by women's groups."

If you've ever wondered why organizations like A Girl and a Gun get outsized attention relative to their membership numbers, there's your answer. They're working the exact demographic the other side counts on — and that's genuinely threatening to the gun control apparatus in a way a men's shooting club simply isn't.

"The people least likely to actually vote on this issue are the ones most supportive of restricting it."

This one's worth sitting with. Unregistered voters breaking 60 percent pro-ban sounds alarming until you realize they're not showing up to do anything about it. Registered voters are almost at a coin flip — which is a different story than what you'd assume from the last decade of headlines.

What's your read on the women shooters you know personally — are they coming to the range already converted, or did the range itself change their position on the policy stuff?

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