Gun lovers are just going to have to give up assault rifles.
There is no justifiable reason for them to be on the street and accessible at all. Hobby, fetish and tradition are not worth the risk to our society.
And don't even start the pedantic definition debate. I don't give a goddamn what you call it. Don't even start, that has precluded reform far too long.
Any weapon capable killing an office party before any can get out, of spraying 100 LGBT folks celebrating pride in a safe place, capable of overpowering a police force and picking off 5 and hitting 11 does not belong in the arms of any citizen. No matter how well adjusted, clean or quiet.
We are a grown up society, a country capable of changing. Change isn't always comfortable. But, just as the people got on board or got left behind throughout the civil rights movement, women's movement and the marriage equally movement, among so many others, the people are ready. We've had enough.
Gun reform is a civil rights movement. It is a social movement. Those movements always move forward, even with set backs. Get on board.