I think their goal is to make owning a firearm an expensive pain in the neck that many can’t afford.
That's how you do it. Do you really think they will take a big fat red marker and just cross out the second amendment?
-You create bureaucratic hurdles for those making, selling, buying, owning the firearms.
-You create cost prohibitive barriers for those making, selling, buying owning the firearms.
That's what it's about. The real underlying idea is that some in government think you should not have a right to bear arms and the idea is that with a thousand small little paper cuts and fees you the average Joe won't have that “Right” anymore, except on paper. The Constitution is being shat upon (In the spirit of what it means) by these folk who then use the force of law once they push their agenda through.