I bet I made him laugh out loud.
One of the reasons I like California is it's a target rich environment when it come to poking a fork into a liberal.
Jim will be fine, big strong grown man. He believes what he believes and that's good, fine by me. Too many god damn people who don't care enough to believe in anything at all except what they can get for themselves at others expense. I'm not thinking I can change him. Hell, I might not like him if he did change. Good guy really, with a kind heart. He would give you his shirt off his back if you were cold.
I always greet him with. "Hey comrade how's it going". That usually makes him smile.
Maybe I get him a NRA hat, better yet, maybe I give him mine.