I like how instead of explaining your position, you sent me links to shitty Rolling Stone articles written by nobodies. Have these people told you what you should believe?
The essence of the 2nd amendment is to protect one self from tyranny. Without the 2nd amendment, what is to protect us from tyranny in the US? Are we to simply put all of our trust into the federal government?
Do you trust law enforcement to protect you from the criminal element? (Mind you, when seconds matter, police are minutes away.)
If "All the mass shootings and death toll" is the issue, where is the call to outlaw automobiles that kill over 43,000 people in the US every year? (Again, 248 deaths by rifles in general, that includes assault rifles.)