A retired CSM is almost never a plus. Especially if he was reduced in rank to MSG because he never went to the proper NCOES for SGM/CSM, as is the current scuttlebutt (Stolen Valor is hunting down the truth). His position on anything doesn't matter. He's now the Dem VP pick. He will follow the party. But he is on record as supporting such bans, based on this NYT article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/u...walz-guns.html