As you may know, I am a firearms enthusiast myself, I own several. I own them for sport, and for self-defense. But I am also in favor of background checks, magazine capacity restrictions, silencer and automatic fire bans, strict licensing, and other issues considered "gun control", for much the same reasons you do.

But the "gun issue" doesn't have much to do with constitutional questions or citizen's rights. The Second Amendment allows the states to maintain armed militias for keeping down civil unrest, Indian uprisings and slave revolts. That is, organized and disciplined troops levied from the local population (the founders did not like national armies), NOT automatic rifles in every house. All the modern interpretations of the 2ndAm are about business, not security.

Guns are durable goods, if taken care of, they pretty much last forever; they can be passed down from father to son for generations--particularly when they are used primarily for hunting, self-defense or farm use. Because of this, the market for firearms quickly becomes saturated; as a nation, we simply don't need that many.

But by convincing the population that they need firearms to defend themselves from foreign armies, the government, the Deep State, black gangs, Mexican druggies, Zombies or other fantasies, we ensure a constant demand for more, and better guns. And its a self-fulfilling prophecy. As more guns are built, more varied models, they become cheaper and become readily available, the bad guys become a greater threat, and the good guys need more of them. They become a consumer item, and are marketed as such.

Follow the money, this is about selling guns, not owning them, and the gun industry now has its own lobbies and infrastructure and its own press, (not to mention legislative champions) all designed to keep the consumer buying. He is fed fear and insecurity. Guns are a sex surrogate too, just like V-8 cars and household goods. It makes little men feel like big men, and now they have a self-righteous reason to feel that way.