Does this mean that I'm not a Neanderthal after all, or am I still a Neanderthal but now my firearms aren't the primary focus of the leftists?
Probably a little of both. He seems to realize that it's a crime problem, not a tool problem, but will he be equally open-minded about non-leftist solutions to the root causes of crime? If you won't go along with his fight against, say, income inequality, he might think you're a Neanderthal.