The NRA started as a good thing, and in the 1930's they actually endorsed and wrote the legislation to ban Thompson sub machine guns which were enabling American Mobsters like Machine Gun Kelly.

From [apnews.com]

New York’s attorney general sued the National Rifle Association in August 2020, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over claims that top executives illegally diverted tens of millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts for associates and other questionable expenditures.

Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in Manhattan state court, highlighted misspending and self-dealing claims that have roiled the NRA and its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, in recent years — from hair and makeup for his wife to a $17 million post-employment contract for himself.

“It’s clear that the NRA has been failing to carry out its stated mission for many, many years and instead has operated as a breeding ground for greed, abuse and brazen illegality,” she said at a news conference. “Enough was enough. We needed to step in and dissolve this corporation.”

Simultaneously, Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine — like James, a Democrat — sued the NRA Foundation, a charitable arm of the organization that provides programs for marksmanship and firearm safety, accusing it of diverting funds to the NRA to help pay for lavish spending by top executives.

So hopefully we'll all get our wish soon.

The way we grant permission to drive should be similar to the way we can own a firearm.
Classes, training, testing, registration and taxing are all part of it, now throw in some background checks and we're good to go.

This culture has been gun-crazy & has refused to face the issue head-on for decades or longer. Many politicians in general have been useless or actively put up barriers to any common sense solutions. tRump was just one in a very long line on this issue.