Closing the "Off Topic" and "Crime Blotter" sections would, IMHO, go a long way towards restoring people's coming here to discuss Texas firearms stuff.
I understand that Mr. Cotton has serious issues he has to deal with at the NRA and this forum is probably at the bottom of his priority list. The mods could seek direction from him on bringing the forum back to its former place as "The focal point for Texas firearms information and discussions" instead of clickbait and stuff from the mainstream media that likely most of us don't go to those sites nor want to see it.
I for one never go to CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, Yahoo/Microsoft/Google News sources, hardly even go to Fox News anymore.