MSNBC's Joy Reid Calls Out NRA's Flip Flop On Carrying Assault Weapons In Public Mother Jones' Mark Follman: NRA Now “Has To Own” Extreme Tactics Of Open Carry Activists Written by Media Matters Staff Published 06/04/14 5:16 PM EDT From the June 4 edition of MSNBC's The Reid Report: Video file Previously: MSNBC's Ari Melber: NRA Apologized To Protect “Political Standing” With Gun-Toting Restaurant Goers NRA Apologizes For Calling Open Carry Protests “Downright Weird,” Says Statement Was “A Mistake” Related: Fearing Rising Backlash, NRA Urges Gun Activists to Stand Down