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Look to other countries. Japan has a very sensible system, for example:
You must complete a licensing course to be able to own a rifle for hunting or target shooting. You must keep this license renewed.
You must arrange a police inspection of your storage annually, which requires the rifle and ammunition be in two separate lockers.
Handguns and semi-automatics are strictly prohibited. So much as possessing one carries a prison sentence. Obviously attempting to use one to kill people would be life imprisonment (or capital punishment, since they unfortunately still practice that).
We need similar laws, and strict penalties for arms manufacturers, smugglers and people who deal in them under the table. The first step is patching the hole in the boat before you start trying to pump the water out.
The only public shooting in recent memory was the assassination of a former Prime Minister with a "gun" made from a pipe, battery and fire crackers.