For decades, the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex, otherwise known as the gun control industry and their stenographers in the press, have primarily directed their attention and their attacks at the big bad NRA. They even referred to the NRA when talking about “the gun industry.”
It never seemed to matter much that the NRA is a member organization made up of millions of individuals. It similarly seemed to escape their notice that the gun industry — manufacturers, retailers, ranges, etc.