I don't own guns Jon, but as some others have mentioned here, it's a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution.....
Every day I think about the recent Sandy Hook tragedy......I'm the kind of person, these things really get to me.....I get into great detail thinking not only about the poor children who will never get a chance to grow up, but also about the families, and the lifelong effect this will have on them.
I have some folks I know who have lost a child or loved one at an early age, and that loss has been something which some never recover from....the pain is deep, the hurt is great....and even the passage of time doesn't help in some cases....