I'm politically non-partisan so I try to see both sides of the issue. And I see how someone on the "gun rights" side would think that.
But my question to you is, "Why would their goal be to take guns away from law abiding citizens and not criminals?"
Like I stated in my original post, most large cities that have high gun violence rates are run by democrats. So I tend to agree that it seems somewhat hypocritical that this debate surfaces every time there is a suburban mass shooting or a school shooting INSTEAD of bringing the issue up every time there's a shooting in their cities. And that furthers my point that in order for both sides to (at least) respect the other sides viewpoint, inner city gun violence needs to be drastically reduced.
Because government wants power. Citizens having guns limits that power.