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These officers don’t speak for the American people or ‘most gun owners’ (certainly not for me!), so it’s interesting that they’re criticizing Congress (the people’s elected representatives, by the way). Without further information, I would also disagree that as a group they’ve had ‘considerable firearms training.’ If so, it was many years ago, before they attained flag rank. Generals and admirals don’t get much range time. Their opinions shouldn’t count for much.
Also, we should understand that to attain flag rank, these officers had to be quite risk-averse, especially in the affairs of their subordinates. Control is paramount - so their affinity for gun control isn’t surprising.
I left the Army after 14 years, at the rank of Major. I was far more impressed by some of my colleagues and seniors who didn’t get stars because they were willing to treat soldiers as adults rather than disorderly children.