As I mentioned above, the 150 year comment was about the importance of name recognition in nonprofit fundraising. It's very difficult to build a viable political, legislative, and legal operation without a substantial funding stream. Everytown is able to be effective because the have a billionaire financier. Without a similar pro-gun financier, I don't see how an alternative operation could be successful.
We're also not stagnating. In fact, we're running a survey right now to evaluate how well our various messaging tools worked or didn't work during the Virginia election. We try not to be tied to our ideas, and let the actual results and research guide decision making.