What's your problem with this? The NRA started because Union Army officers were upset Union Army conscripts weren't able to subjugate the south fast enough, they supported NFA34, GCA68, Brady, and various other programs to get the federal government more involved in the lives of civilians. Everyone supports them for those reasons, why don't you?

"My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we'll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it." - Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn