I read this as a missed opportunity to say "gun manufacturers are aiding those who rape, defraud, assault, or even kill, with their manufacturing policies".
Encryption backdoors at best do nothing to help against private actors wishing physical harm on people, and the death toll of those killed by governments and government aided private actors (for the US, include KKK types including or aided by local law enforcement) suggests we don't want to give this sort of power to governments.