Well in CA, you could carry a weapon in the open as long as it wasn't loaded. So what happened, these nut cases flaunted the law and started carrying pistols all over the place. You don't have to guess what happened next. New law forbidding it. Now as to other NRA stuff, for resigning with them they send me a pocket knife made in China which really Pi--ed me off and I let them know it. The other problem I have (and I have been a member for over 50 years) is Wayne LaPierre with perks pulling down a million bucks a year. That's a lot of membership monies. Just to keep the record straight, I belong to three other gun organizations fighting the libs so I think I have the right to express my views and in some cases displeasure.