Congrats on the new toy! I'm an enthusiast too with a Mossberg 500 Pit Bull that's just my size, and a new to me Kimber Combat Tactical II that's absolutely the smoothest, finest handgun I've ever had the pleasure of firing.
Some people enjoy polls; this one I saw and answered yesterday was pretty enlightening and I personally liked the results.
Humans are an emotional species and always will be. That's something that can NEVER be regulated or controlled, and creating new laws or increasing penalties will never change that fact. A quick glance at the EU and other countries with strict gun laws, exorbitant crime rates and a population silenced by force for speaking out only shows us one thing: giving up our weapons is a quick road to tyranny, and once the Second Amendment is obliterated our other rights are sure to follow.