Let's get real about guns

It appears that intelligence has left the gun control argument.  One side wants to get rid of guns, while the other side seems to think someone will take their guns away.  Emotions have held these two possibilities up as realistic.  When one stops to think the process through, it leaves the realm of possibility.  I would like to know who and how it would be possible to take the guns away?  Are we going to find someone stupid enough to go door to door to ask people to hand over their guns?  Are we going to trust that people will willingly take their guns to the local police station? Are we going to send SWAT teams through our neighborhoods to collect them?  I think the concealed carry law in Minnesota is a good starting point to bring some intelligence back to the problem.  The education that is required to get the permit is such that once you have gone through the class, you will be much less likely to pull out your firearm than before.   The real problem is that the wrong people have access to guns and ammunition.  The guns are out there and are not going away, the ammunition is out there and does go away.  If we required some appropriate education to buy ammunition we could, over time, much reduce the damage done by people that shouldn’t have guns.  Safe ownership of a 22 rifle is different from safe ownership of a handgun, which is different from both shotguns and assault rifles.  The NRA used to, (and maybe still does), have an excellent gun safety program that could be used to provide the gun owner with documentation that they are qualified to use the firearm in question, along with a background check.  Guns are embedded into American society and are not going to go away.  Until we get over our “My way or the Highway” attitude nothing in this country will change