I am a gun owner as well, I grew up with them learning to shoot and hunt.
One of the things I would definitely like to see put in place is mandatory gun safety courses before you’re allowed to own a firearm. ANY firearm. A huge amount of the firearm deaths in this country are accidental, because some nimrod didn’t proper secure their gun.
The added benefit to this is more people properly store their guns in safes or with trigger locks, and store them unloaded. Crimes of passion are less likely to happen if you have to take the time to unlock the safe and load the gun. More time to cool down.
I have mixed feelings about guns. I love to own them and shoot them, but I realize what a danger they are to so many people when they’re in the wrong hands. If we spend some time educating people (as well as taking care of corollary problems like poverty), maybe this wouldn’t happen as often.