Freedom & authoritarianism do not co-mingle. Don't fool yourself on the gun issue. Trump, just like Putin, would take away guns in a heartbeat if it would benefit Trump. Seriously, what makes anyone believe Trump would do otherwise? Who has he not thrown under the bus besides every person close to him and more than half of America? He is a malignant narcissist. That is exactly what they do.
He was pro-choice until he needed to be anti-abortion to get elected. He's the "anti-war" president that has dropped more munitions than any other recent president. He enjoys seeing Pence hunted & threatens "weak" Republiocans. He doesn't give a shit about you as a gun owner any more than he cares about Pence or Fox News or democracy or free speech. "Gun owner" doesn't make you special to Trump, you know, special as a "real" American. To him it makes you just any easy vote.
It's like the free speech issue, "Free speech" to Trump is where he can throw out baseless accusations, aka lies about people, but sue over unflattering stories. He sued a guy for writing Trump wasn't actually a billionaire, that his net worth was closer to $350 M. Trump lost that suit BTW.