text:  Something else I've noticed, thinking about and preparing for this conversation, is that the NRA really has such a diminished footprint in today's politics compared to when I was a kid. And I used to see Charlton Heston hoisting a rifle over his head at speaking engagements that he had as NRA president, which he was NRA president, I believe, five times. The NRA was this big group to contend with politically, but