I have a very moderate standpoint on the topic of gun control.  I'm not saying that guns are a terrible thing.  What I am saying is that there is a common denominator that we all can live by.  And right now handguns are stepping across the line.  You want weapons?  Fine keep a shot gun right by your bed.  Someone comes into your house, blow his head off.  I can assure you, you wont miss him at a range of 5 yards with a 3 1/2 in. mag firing buckshot.
People want hand guns to protect them from something that will rarely happen to them.  Wild animals now?  C'mon buddy.  I've hunted my entire life.  I've come face to face with Black bears, Brown bears, mountain lions, and venomous snakes.  99/100 then turn the other way and run.  I mean yeah, in areas of the country with Kodiaks and Grizzlies you might be in a little more danger... but if you're that worried about it, I'd much rather be packing my slug gun.  And really what percentage of the population hunts in Griz territory...    .0000001%
But let's not beat around the bush here.  As a matter of fact, how about a little statistical data?  Here are some of my favorites:
http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/hgbanfs.htm
About 10 percent of the adult population owns 77 percent of the total stock of firearms.
There are about 65 million handguns in the United States.  Handguns make up 34 percent of all types of firearms.
Of all firearm-related crime, 86 percent involved handguns.
For every time a gun in the home is used in a self-defense homicide, a gun will be used in—  
	[*]1.3 unintentional deaths
	
[*]4.6 criminal homicides 
	
[*]37 suicides
For every time in 1997 that a
civilian used a handgun to kill in self-defense, 43 people lost their
lives in handgun homicides alone.
Handguns are a huge issue in my opinion.  Like I said before, they are compact, easily concealable, have a relatively high rate of fire, and have a large magazine capacity.  When a certain weapon is involved in 86% of all firearm related crimes I think theres a problem.  And just because one person is responsible with a weapon doesn't mean other people are.
The 2nd amendment is out dated.  When it was written, people were simply shooting muzzeloaders...  as in one shot, then a 30 second reload time.  Today I can fire 15 rounds in 5 seconds and reload in 5 more.  So if "the right to bear arms" is all encompassing... then why restrict fully-automatic weapons.  Why can't private citizens own RPGs, or mortar launchers?  Why can't a 50 Cal turret be an option on my H3?  These are arms and I wish to bear them.
And another thing I think is so funny, is that the people that wish to have extremely loose or no gun control at all, are the same people that don't mind limiting Americans lives with the patriot act.  The patriot act was designed to put all kinds of restrictive security measures on the entire US population in order to prevent terrorism.  But they don't want security measures with weapons.