No, they don't.
Most government officials want ordinary citizens disarmed and unable to even think about resisting criminal predators. They are very plain spoken on this point. The facts and the restraints of law simply do not matter to them.
Government officials have a long history of harassing gun owners and anyone supplying gun owners. They use a tangled web of "gotcha" regulations and "laws", every one of which is flagrantly unconstitutional.
"Unconstitutional"? I don't think that word means what you think it means. (Apologies to The Princess Bride)
We don't have the backstory in this case. When no information is available, you go with the odds. They don't favor the government being honest or truthful.
To my dismay, I see that I somehow omitted the word “NOT” after “does”. Your correction was apt, and matches my actual thoughts on the matter. Getting old and blind sucks.