I too am guilty of staying quiet on such a dangerous and highly distorted emotional issue. A two prone strategy will need to be employed, and soon. With tragic gun related deaths occurring almost daily, I am of the humble opinion that most decent, law abiding folks would be interested in forming a new organization, or better yet, strengthening an existing one, to go after the NRA in a big way. A significant reality needs to be stressed. For the most part, these incidents do not get much media attention outside of local reporting.
Point being here is that the problem is much more pervasive than is acknowledged.
The realities of 1789 are not the realities of today, nor will they be the realities of the distant future. Clearly The Bill Of Rights, when written in 1789 help assure our young Nation would be safe against the threat of tyranny. The intent here clearly was to ensure that Militias would be prepared in the event of foreign threat in a frontier environment. The necessity for every Joe Blow to keep and bare arms have simply outlived it's usefulness. Hand guns and semiautomatic weapons serve no useful or amiable purpose other than to kill people.