Kenneth:  We have over 300 million firearms in private ownership.  Such ownership is constitutionally protected and, barring a Constitutional Amendment, those 300 million guns will remain in private ownership.  

I do agree that the NRA, which was once an organization representing sportsmen/women is now, unfortunately, largely controlled by the arms industry. Less than half the NRA funding now comes from individual membership.  Each day, of course, these manufacturers sell thousands of weapons as Americans attempt to "arm themselves to safety."  Ironically, of course, the ready availability of firearms, according to all statistics, makes everyone around LESS safe.  Indeed, police officers are nervous....justifiably so.  Statistically, those "domestic dispute" calls are among the most dangerous calls, and the more guns in those homes, the more dangerous it is.  It's easy to make arguments about the danger the omnipresence of firearms represents.  it's hard to find answsers for it.......