Exactly.
The National Rifle Association, originally established in the 1860's to teach gun safety and marksmanship, has become the lobby arm of gun manufactures and the church of the gun cult. They give an insane amount of money to US politicians. Some of that money has been coming from Russia. Now why would Russia, where owning a gun is highly regulated, want to encourage everyone in America to have a gun, like this was Tombstone in the old west.
Check out this twitter thread of who gets that sweet, sweet, blood-soaked cash:
https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1529291488655560704
Vote these people out.
Overview from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association