You mean kinda like what was (and is still being) attempted in Fast & Furious?
Yes, That is one example and a good one. The shooting incident with Congresswoman Giffords is another example.
You might laugh at me but there are times when I think that Ayn Rand was very prophetic in Atlas Shrugs. The goal was to have every man, woman and child in an assigned place with no hope of leaving it. In other words a universal medieval Serfdom for the masses and a very few nobles to enjoy the fruits of their labors.