It's good to remember the people passing these laws do not have the interests of the vast majority of citizens in mind when they create them. They view everything through the lens of power dynamics, and destabilizing and destroying the current system is the goal. What will it be replaced by? Their "group" in charge of course, because they know best.
These are the same people that only changed auto theft penalties after CO led the nation in cars stolen per capita. They know exactly what the impact of increasing the penalty for stealing a gun would be, they just don't care. They don't care that the criminals they treat so well in the name of "restorative justice" primarily victimize the same communities they pretend to champion.
Hell, the Denver Mayor just publicly stated he'd rather go to jail for resisting ICE than let them deport the violent criminals he's been giving free housing for the past few years. Guess that 14 year old girl that was just raped in Lakewood is less important than the Venezuelan man that assaulted her, right Mayor Mike?
Luckily, there are plenty of Sheriffs in the places people actually go to hunt that refuse to enforce the edicts passed down from Oz (Denver).