I met Jim Zumbo at a sports show in California, and bought a cookbook from him, to give to a friend's wife. That was a few years before the gaffe.
For myself, for years I didn't care for military style rifles. I finally bought an AR when Kerry was surging in the polls. Now I have several of them.
<shrug>
this year:
last year:
pretty eclectic tastes, and don't plan to change.
AR's can be pretty accurate (note these are 10 shot groups)