Again, not an NRA fan here. They are a domestic industry lobby group, so things like the bumpstock ban or even red flag laws are small potatoes to the domestic gun industry overall. The NRA tends to really push when it is the sort of law or statement that will affect something big in relation to domestic industry. Concealed carry focused products (subcompact handguns, compact handguns, and accessories) is an entire branch of the industry that many major gun companies participate in, so from an industry lobby perspective they are motivated to protect it. It also helps them from a PR perspective that they are on the same side as somebody who got shot, rather than trying to march uphill in the discussion after a shooting using whatever gun or accessory is in the discussion's crosshairs.

The NRA pushed back on Trump on the same day (Jan 27) that he made his anti-carry comments.

Somehow Gavin Newsom ended up cheering on the NRA, so that's the timeline we're in.

So you're saying they responded to multiple parties with multiple responses and one party with one statement?