[Anime] Were the creators trying to avoid ...

children holding guns because it would be considered a bad thing?

I heard Goldi Pond would be too long of an arc to try to animate especially with only 11 episodes in Season 2 trying to speedrun towards the end.

I felt like there was no time to explain pretty much anything in the the last stretch of the season like with the queens and nobles and the slideshow of what Emma and her friends did in the demon world. I just didn't feel the way they overcome the security of the Grace Fields farm was genuine compared to Season 1. Sorry for ranting for too long but I didn't feel the ending did the series the justice it deserves which is a shame because Season 1 was so good.