The “government” doesn’t trust Americans to have guns. In their eyes, Americans are too uncivilized to own firearms. We’re just animals killing one another and the zookeepers need to come up with some ideas about how to stop it.
Beg to differ. I don't think that's really their impression of us. They fear us. They fear our individuality, our belief in the rights affirmed to us in the US Constitution, and they fear that we won't accept the domination they have planned. They are afraid of that law-abiding American with a gun; they are deathly afraid of millions like him who won't stand for their domination.