Remember, if Valve actually lost this suit, which they almost certainly won't, it won't improve the videogame ecosystem. It will possibly make it worse.
Which is funny, since firearms were often very strictly controlled in many places throughout the 18th century and earlier. It's not that they aren't aware of gun control from the 1790s, it's that they don't actually care.
I guess since they kept getting their asses kicked trying to put one on the Mexico border, they thought this might work. That being said, might this actually also be blatantly illegal, as it impedes free movement between states? The constitution explicitly provides for interstate travel without government abridgement.
Also important to note that it was aristocrats that started and perpetrated the war to begin with. They weren't just opportunistically jumping in to get their piece, but were the cause of the conflict to begin with. They didn't want to be beholden to the crown, when they could just make their own country that they could design from the ground up to be exploitable.
The war was unpopular, attrition was high, and Washington was a blowhard. He killed more of his own soldiers than the British did. He was a drunkard and mediocre commander and only ended up winning because the French did most of the work for them.
Pence seems chill compared to the likes of Mccarthy, and McCarthy is milquetoast compared to those that ousted him