Gun control is a bit of a sensitive subject at the moment—a loaded issue, if you will.

Let me start off by saying that I am in no way against Americans owning guns. While I don't own one myself, I am a FOID card holder and enjoy going shooting at a range once in a while. That being said, I still think America has a gun problem that needs to be solved.

Unfortunately though, the gun control debate doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere at the moment.

The frustrating combination of gun-related political posturing, lobbying and other assorted hoo-hah going on has created a whole lot of anger and confusion, and many people don't even properly understand what the debate is about.

Allow me to try my hand at an explanation.

As the increasingly widespread bickering about guns on social media has carried on, I've seen many people rage against Obama and/or Democrats in general for "wanting to take away our guns." This as if the question of whether or not to implement stricter gun control measures is really a question of whether or not Americans will have to give up their Second Amendment rights completely.

That position is absurd and baseless.

First of all, President Obama himself has publicly stated that, "this is not a plot to take away everybody's guns," adding that, "[if] you pass a background check, you can purchase a firearm."

Secondly, the current push supported by about 90 percent of Americans is for tighter background checks and the banning of felons, people with mental health issues and those on federal watch lists from being able to purchase guns.

Besides all that, the Second Amendment states only that, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed," not that the ability to purchase guns without restriction is a basic human right.

Now that we've got that part out of the way, let's talk about the real issue:

America has a problem that other countries don't seem to have.

It may not seem like a problem that we have more than two times as many guns per capita (88.8 per 100 people) than any other country in the world except Yemen (which still only has less than 60 per 100 people).

It may not seem like a problem that we are the only country where more than 50 percent of homicides are caused by guns because, as some would argue, if we didn't have as many guns, it would still be just as easy for killers to kill.

It may not even seem like a problem that gun violence has killed more than 100 times as many Americans as terrorism in the past 15 years (because gangs, right?).

But who are we kidding?

All it takes is one look at our mass shooting statistics to spot a major discrepancy between us and every other country in the world:

Are you seeing the pattern here?

PSA: We have a problem, and guns are a significant factor.

What that problem actually is and how to solve it are another matter entirely. Maybe something needs to change. What do you think?