We have to approach gun legislation from a realistic perspective. Guns are already out there. If we try to enact strict gun control how are we to get rid of everyone's guns? Even if we tried going door-to-door and taking them, we wouldn't be very successful for several reasons:
1) People would try to defend their right by using their guns to stop those taking them
2) People would hide and stock-pile them
3) There would still be a black market (like drugs) feeding them into the country
So the fact is, there will always be people with guns. The question is, will the good folk doing nothing wrong have guns to defend themselves with? As one police officer said recently in an online forum, "when seconds count, cops are only minutes away". People need to have a way to protect themselves.