Do you want my personal opinion? The Second is viewed as our only guarantor. Also, in a world viewed as increasingly violent the notion that some majority should sacrifice safety to the security of the few is essentially taboo; I mean, it's a subject that can't even be broached in public. But that said, gun control is here, we have it, and it's never going anywhere. In some states, it's virtually impossible to obtain a handgun permit. And it's impossible to purchase an assault rifle. But the sportsman gets along fine. People have their rifles and shotguns for sporting purposes and are largely content to permit only law enforcement handguns.
In the days before universal prosperity, guns were viewed differently. There were no self-defense weapons, there was no need of them, and every sporting arm had a purpose. As a conservative, and a 2nd Amend-er, I'm not always happy with the NRA's response because I feel we have responsibility to ensure safety. But I also think we have to find a way to re-institute civility, and divisive politics, which only fuel the hate, do not help. Because there will always be that slightly deranged malcontent looking for something to hang his hate on no matter what it is. How do we keep these people from falling through the cracks? Greater scrutiny, imo, it's the only reasonable response.
