They have already been openly supportive of OC, as in the Topeka KS example.
Thanks for the cite. I was unaware. Maybe they are starting to budge a little.
During my first two-year membership, I really started to notice the scare tactics, and the bureaucratic flavor of the NRA. I did not renew.
So, maybe we are seeing a bit of waking up on the part of the NRA? Maybe a little bit of, "Oh, these guys are getting somewhere. They're not just kooks and flakes"?
Just based on my estimate of human nature, I don't see in this that the NRA is suddenly changing all of its spots. Even if NRA came out with an open declaration of rights expressly stating that open carry is
the original right and is deserving of great support, it would not mean the remaining distasteful characteristics were gone.
Separately, lets make a distinction. A person might distinguish five levels of support toward NRA. Althought there are more in between, I'll just use these to illustrate:
- dues paying member, active support
- gun rights supporter, willing to ally with NRA on certain issues
- gun rights supporter, NRA critic, willing to ally on certain issues
- gun rights supporter, open opposition to NRA
- anti-gun, open and active enemy of NRA
I'm somewhere between #2 and #3. Having seen their behaviors during my membership, and their behaviors since then, I am unwilling to actively support NRA. If they and I turn up on the same side of the fence on any given issue, fine, I'll be glad for the ally. In the meantime, I will sometimes alert others to their negative characteristics; other times I won't.