“The people driving this are not interested in freedom, liberty, and American values.”
LOL ! They are doing this to take “we have to step in or these groups of armed fascists will start killing ethnic Russians” card out of Russian hand. Besides, the right to bear arms is largely American concept these days, which majority of other nations (including majority of allies, such as Israel) do not follow.
Go back and do some research on Charles Krauthammer's opinions on the subject. That guy doesn't have American values at all. He's a big-government globalist who is more interested in building an empire than promoting anything remotely resembling American values.