Most of my collection is antiques but I do own a few modern arms and thoroughly enjoy sport/target shooting.
As a gun owner I have supported the following positions for quite a while now:
-subject the private sales of used firearms to the same background checks that dealers have to use. want to sell a gun? Take it to a licensed FFL dealer and pay a small fee for using the NICS system to facilitate the sale.
-strengthen the NICS system to better look for red flags such as violent mental health history etc.
-emphatically enforce existing laws regarding straw purchasers and make life a living hell for anybody who buys a gun for someone who is legally unable to buy it for themselves.
-legally require secure storage for guns and impose stiff penalties for those that don't follow good custody practices in keeping their weapons secure. This should be a no brainer for responsible gun owners, I think most of us get it but as we saw this week, apparently some don't. It's high time to write this one into law.
-end this ridiculous "war on drugs". It's gone on far too long and too many people have been gunned down over the black market it creates.
I don't care if any of this pisses off my fellow gun owners, I'm also the father of a first grader and I had to sit down with her last night and attempt to explain whet happened, it was a very hard thing to do. 
Absolutists from either end of the spectrum are not going to help solve this.... we are going to have to meet in the middle and have a rational discussion or once again, nothing meaningful will get done.
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