The ATF overreach on bumps stocks, SBR's with pistol braces and suppressors are all being challenged and defeated in courts across the USA so I don't see that as a problem especially with the network growth in other countries.
But Jason is not wrong for bringing up that facet of our understanding of power projection. If ASIC's are perceived as being weaponized against the State, so be it. Let the powers that be try and fail to crush the signal in any way they can.