The wealthy are trying to make a final power grab and pivot us into authoritarianism, but they need to move all the pieces into place before they can make it final.

I suspect it just indicates the excessive power of corporate lobbyists.

It’s the land of free…

It also seems to be California alot.

The first amendment does not cover the right to manufacture arms.

Overregulation and underregulation are both problematic, so it's not an easy thing to get right. But sometimes you get the impression a regulation is all agenda and very little thought (e.g. this one in California, and the FCC's recent banning of foreign-made home routers).