As many have already pointed out, the USofA is, for better or worse, awash with legal and illegal weapons of all types. To 'cure' this abundance would require actions reminiscent of the worst of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany police states. Is this what WE want, no but that does not stop the LEFT from pushing a cure that I regard as worse than the apparent disease!
The founders established gun rights as protection from government seizure of guns.