Unfortunately, when crises like this happen, people flee to the safety nets of their ideological corners: conservatives go further right, and refuse to see the logic of common sense proposals like background checks and lower capacity magazines, some will only be happy if there're no restrictions at all; liberals retreat to the left, and refuse to believe that assault weapons aren't the birthplace of all evil, some will only be happy if semi-automatics are banned completely.
I would agree with you, and say that I fall into that massive grey area as well. Right now, I think I'd be happy with extensive background check requirements, and magazine/ammo restrictions.