NRA vs. Texas Open Carry. Attention must be paid.

[Paladin]

7. The Gun Enthusiasts are acting as if the NRA criticism never happened.

And the NRA's craven retreat on the issue was disappointing, even to those of us who don't expect anything positive from the NRA. In any case, you're right about the corrosive effect of open carry on the gun rights movement---some of the clearer thinkers realize that it's a public opinion nightmare for them and want their people to stop doing it, but the real diehards will never quit supporting it, because freedom. I think it's inevitable that something bad is going to have to happen at one of these open carry demonstrations before sane thinking prevails. Meanwhile, we need to take advantage of all the negative publicity that open carry is creating in the general public.