Why wouldn't it; if the person isn't interested then he just doesn't get a permit and perhaps they can sell the guns.
In the end, if I were to ever want a gun; it wouldn't even need to work but have historical value. But had my grandfather had an old WWII trophy gun that still worked; I'd want the ability to keep that.
The NRA really doesn't need to exist in the way it does now; they are far too determined to protect their own revenue to honestly function as a legitimate source of gun advocacy and teaching