Gun Control Reform Activism

Indeed, it’s likely that no organization is as feared in Washington as the NRA, despite the fact that its views — as embodied by the odious Wayne LaPierre — are clearly outside the mainstream and far too close to those usually associated with the kind of right-wing terrorists who recently murdered three people in Las Vegas. Put simply, the NRA is not only abnormally influential, but abnormally extreme, too.

Certainly; I also think there's some latent, hidden fear of some rightwing whackjob finding out you don't care for the nra or the 2nd amendment & deciding to sacrifice himself to remove a gun control advocate from the picture, so they keep quiet.
Like a 70 yr old gun fanatic who might spend only a couple years in hotel greybar due his terminal illness. What's the diff to him? prison or hospice?
Hardly would be the case of course; I'm not saying normal nra or gun people would really want to do this to others, just that there's this latent fear of the worst case scenario that hinders some people who would support gun control, from outright saying so.
In southern states it's worse, the inhibition is worse for supporting gun control; .. since where people work is more likely to be pro gun, & people therein who would support gun control, well, might cost them their jobs, so best to keep mum on it.