"I think one thing that really contributes and inhibits the ability to like, have a conversation is that people have this desperate need to surround themselves with people that believe everything they do," he says. "The way that these questions are being asked about gun control ... you will never get a conservative to admit that gun control is a problem now." He adds: "You're forcing them to double down on their beliefs... there's no like".

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