I can concur, my local Reps are Republican and from what I've seen, farming people... I think "common sense" is a bit more prevalent in rural settings..
Any way, check out what is going on at THR in this thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=373714
waverace has been doing some digging into the issue.
PS SAF never called me back either...
Membership has its privileges
FYI, the NRA is not very helpful on this either.