False premise. I am not anti-gun, just against senseless opposition to reasonable gun control measures. 
As far as state control: paranoia isn't a justification for anything. We aren't a colony anymore. We still have (somewhat) free elections, last time I checked. Any nation that freely elects guys as different as Obama and Trump, back-to-back, has zero issues with "corruption," on a large scale. 
That said, Trump's possible collusion with Russia is a step in a new, dangerous direction, but you're probably okay with that, right?