The bottom line is, they can pass all the laws they want, but most people simply will not comply, and that will lead to disaster for government. Turning most of your population into criminals, only gives them the incentive to act like it, when they otherwise wouldn’t. It will be a can of worms that they will regret. The officials pushing this stuff, have an address, and a family.
The problem is businesses will comply. In fact our rights have already been infringed dramatically as I don’t think anyone can just buy a lot of weapons directly from the manufacturer.
So if the gov increases tax or bans certain weapons, the “legal” distributors (store owners) will be the ones that comply.
Or am I missing something?