Republican State Representative Chris Harris represents a rural district in Kentucky. Harris is a conservative Christian. Eighty percent of his constituents voted for Trump. On Thursday Harris rose to speak to his colleagues about his plans for Lent. He had decided, he told them, to give up his "A" rating from the NRA. He was now supporting a ban on assault rifles, a ban on bump stocks, and more rigorous background checks on gun buyers.
"I have had a change of heart," Harris said. "Without action, without good works, our faith and our prayers are dead."
Chris Harris most likely just committed political suicide, but it will be through these changes of heart--one by one--that progress will be made and the NRA will be broken.