MN has a long history of this. There was a move there years ago to ban lead fishing sinkers, and a ban of lead wheel weights. There are local companies there that stand to make $$$ developing and selling expensive alternative materials.
As far as how far left the state is, it may be better...
Southwest Florida is as blue as anywhere in the country. Miami-Dade has a Republican mayor, which is incredible. Palm Beach and Ft. Liquordale are another story.
I believe they shoot at Suddlersville Skeet Club. I used to be a member there until I left the state. Nice little private club, oldest skeet club in the US.
It's a killdeer. Used to get them almost every year on my gravel driveway when we lived on the shore. I had to put lawn chairs around the nest to keep unknowing visitors from driving over them. They seem to have a lot of egg mortality, as I would find broken eggshells and the nest abandoned much...
Great Ad. There's a shutter company down in Ft. Myers that has a similar message, running on a banner and verbally. It ran all fall and winter down there, and when I first saw it I couldn't believe it. I guess its a different demographic.