i agree with those bringing up the second amendment focusing on a well-regulated militia. things have changed since then.
the media is complicit in how they report things. according to them, there seem to be only two camps of thought: the crowd that wants all guns taken away from everyone, and the group that wants any gun they desire to have. what's clearly missing in the middle ground, and that's where i believe a reasonable solution lies for us.
we cannot have unrestricted access to weapons, nor can we try to remove all guns in this country. both of those are unreasonable.
so what do we do? clearly our current path isn't working, whatever side you fall on. but i still firmly believe there's somewhere in between that will satisfy both sides of the debate and move us forward as a country to reduce the amount of gun violence we continue to experience daily (really, 274 mass killings this year? holy crap!) while also allowing people to own guns for sport, home defense, or hunting. the NRA needs to get on board with this or be neutralized if they continue their BS approach.
@red321's suggestions are a great starting point.