It is a question of priorities, and of tradeoffs. It's hard to believe that gun owners would value their so-called Second Amendment rights over their children's safety. Assumption that we get to make the last move. In terms of the gun laws in particular, it's important to think about what a determined gun seller or user will try to do to get around the laws. One strategy is to avoid excessive specificity, in contrast to the assault weapons ban that only covered specific weapons.
Some people support salami tactics, arguing that small measures can have a cumulative effect.
But small measures can also consume momentum and energy, and may be circumvented. After the massacres in Port Arthur and Dunblane, each government banned the weapon used in the massacre in its country. But each government failed to ban the weapon used in the massacre in the other's country. Assumption that it's ok to have a disconnect between what we teach our children and what we do. We teach our children to cooperate we need to do the same.