This will be seen for the setup it was. To start with, the network running the whole "town hall." They got what they wanted, but will be exposed for what they are on the national front.
Exposed? They played this up masterfully, and they got some useful idiots to play into the scheme. This had zero net benefit for 2A supporters, the NRA, nor the GOP. People that agree with them still do.... the real prize was appealing to fence-sitters, which seems likely after this fiasco.