Agreed, its a good varmint or range gun, there are much better alternatives for most other activities. The fantasy that a well regulated militia could keep the government's army in check is laughable. I don't think we are ever putting the genie back in the bottle wrt guns being available to the public, but as capabilities for the weapon go up, the level of scrutiny on the buyer should as well. Bird gun, bolt action, or revolver? Standard background check. Semi-auto, magazine fed weapon? Dig a little deeper, have a longer standoff period, require stronger weapon storage to be sold/proven with the weapon so kids cant access them and go shoot up a fucking school. Anything that gets closer to the military capability (suppressed, automatic, high-capacity magazines, belt-fed, etc) has a serious background check, registration, storage requirements, etc. Personal sales and gun shows should have the same requirements, close all the loopholes. We make everyone that drives get a license, and anyone driving bigger vehicles get licenses with additional requirements. This shouldn't be controversial, but muh 2A.
I also think that parents need to carry more responsibility for weapon access to kids. If your kid takes a weapon and shoots someone, you carry the same penalty as the kid.