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the NRA at one point in time, say 50 yrs ago, promoted responsible firearm ownership and training. today not so much
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I do not believe this is true. The NRA today promotes exactly the same responsible ownership and training as they did then. The difference is that isn't what you hear or see on the news. Virtually ALL you see in the news is the NRA's opposition to policies and politics that restrict (or even prohibit) gun owners constutional rights. It is not the same thing.
I will agree that NRA spokesmen have not been the most charismatic or most effective possible, particularly in media edited sound bites. But their basic message of safety and responsibility has not changed.
What the media is not telling us is that NO ONE, not any govt agency or program, or any private group has the track record for pushing safety and resposibility that the NRA does.
All the media can seem to do these days is paint us with the same broad brush as murdering nut cases, simply because the NRA says "we aren't them, and shouldn't be punished for what they do..." And twisting anything else the NRA says to put it in the worst possible light.