As used by the gun grabbers in Congress, the Commerce Clause of the constitution is nothing more than a fig leaf to get their unconstitutional infringements of the RKBA through. After all, this is the same Congress that used the Interstate Commerce Clause to justify the Violence against Women Act and the Gun Free schools Zone Act, both of which were shot down by the Supreme Court. You can't impute any honest motivations in this regard to ANY gun control scheme that Congress comes up with under this rationale.
That's exactly right. And without it, it is not a valid exercise of power under the Commerce Clause.