This is exactly the point I wished to make. It's not about changing the availability of weaponry that allows us 2nd amendment freedoms. It's about changing the mindset of the people. I will always say that you can't legislate a right mind. The Church says, "You cannot legislate righeousness.", but it boils down to the same thing.
People talk about "one more gun control law." and when that fails to stop the problem, they'll talk about one more. The current mark is "military grade weaponry". Okay, so we take that away. That is exactly what the 2nd ammendment is about. Our ability to defend our country (as militia) against enemies OR against a tyrannical government. Germany started with gun control in the 1910s...
Give me a .300 WinMag semi automatic sighted in at 450 yards with a military grade scope and I would defend our country against foreign invaders if that need arose. I would NOT, however, go sit on top of a building and pick off innocent people. That's mindset. Take my ability to own said rifle away, and I'm stuck with bolt action hunting grade 30.06 or 270 caliber weaponry and I'll be mowed down by the first enemy combatant that has "military grade" weaponry...
!PERSONAL OPINION ALERT! I believe that if everyone was armed, and properly educated on the safety and proper use of said arms, there would be a lot LESS gun violence and gun related crime...perhaps that's why there's so little of this sort of thing in Sweden?
I'll just leave that with Ben Franklin. "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."