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Jumping Frog wrote:Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, ....

Do I need to keep going?

So how many people watching the race will even know that we can't carry at sporting events?

Bristol or Martinsville would be good choices, but there would have to be an opening for a sponsor. Food City has sponsored Bristol since 1961, so I doubt the NRA could even get a foot in the door. Goody's has sponsored Martinsville forever, but this year STP is. Don't know if the NRA would have had a chance there. Richmond doesn't draw as many fans or TV viewers as Texas does and it's a Saturday nite race that competes with lots of other activities.

The Texas race has changed sponsors every year, so the opening was obvious, I would think.

Jumping Frog wrote:Kentucky

That race is on TNT. That's not even close to national coverage. I think that would be a bigger "miscue" than this supposed one.

Jumping Frog wrote:

RoyGBiv wrote:

Jumping Frog wrote:So the NRA is sponsoring an event where people cannot exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.

A bit of a miscue in my opinion.

Perhaps this might be a good example of another instance where criticizing the lack of perfection is not as constructive as supporting the overriding goal.
With all respect, I disagree with your current assessment of this and urge you to give it some further thought.

There will be people using that as evidence the NRA doesn't support concealed carry (such as GOA) for years to come. With a touch more planning they could have chosen a race in a state that does allow concealed carry at sporting events.

The NRA is the big dog. As such, they are pretty savvy that their every move will be watched, dissected, and analyzed. I am not saying this is disastrous, just that it was a bit of a miscue.

Great. Name the state. (Has to be where they race.)