Hasn't proven to be true in those states that require training.
Michigan being one, and overall their laws are now easier than a few years ago.
However the fear is real, see THe changes to Chicago's pistol policies in the past.
Hasn't proven to be true in those states that require training.
Michigan being one, and overall their laws are now easier than a few years ago.
So then in fact it is OK for fools and people so unknowledgable to even know how to load or fire a firearm to not only possess one but to carry one.
Yup, sounds good to me.
BTW letts do away with drivers ed and testing older drivers to be sure people understand the basics of driving skills.
why would a training requirement be a bad thing?
1. many police and military members hoot them selves and others accidently every year. Training is no guarantee of safe performance.
2. Please lets get rid of drivers ed requirements, simply making people responsible
for their own actions will ensure better training for the majority.
NO TRAINING . . . why?
Well the reason why is because the government mandated training in many states is totally worthless.
My sister-in-law holds a N.M. and a Utah license. She had to take a training course in N.M. when she lived there to get her license. She needed 'training' for the Utah license as well. She came to Indiana and wanted to go shooting with me and my daughter one day so we took her. I had to teach her how to use her own gun!?!
So what good was her training if she didn't even know how to use her own gun?
Then about a year later she went to buy some ammo and bought the wrong caliber for her own gun. This is a woman who is in her 40's, who holds licenses to carry in more states than my license is valid in, and she 1) can't use her own gun and 2) can't buy the right ammo for it.
Me, I've never had a 'certified' training class from the NRA or other group that issues nationally recognized 'certifications' but I have had training from people way more experienced than myself. Just becuase they were not 'certified' instructors in the eyes of the law did not make them bad or unqualified. They taught me pistol skills. They taught me self-defense skills. They taught me how to shoto a shotgun well enough that I competed in competitve Trap Shooting for many years, often flying out of state with my shotguns to shoot.
So we have me, the 'un-qualified' and 'un-trained' gun carrier. And we have my sister-in-law, who has 'certified' training. Which would you rather have beside you in a fight?
However the fear is real, see THe changes to Chicago's pistol policies in the past.
Any truly responsible person will seek out their own training on their own time; therefore, there is no need for the requirement.
Is that not what we were asked? For our opinion and then to back it up with why it was our opinion?Well that is your opinion.
Just had a thought- what if the State discounted and LTCH if someone completed a recognized training course. It might encourage more people to train, even if it is a basic NRA course, but allow those who don't want to take the class to simply get the LTCH?
What about this instead: make firearms training an above the line tax deduction (it shrinks your AGI)?
I personally think every citizen should have to have National Defense training as part of their early secondary schooling. As much as grammar, math, and US history is required, so should training in basic survival, first aid, and weapon safety be covered as a natural part of growing up in this country.
Too many children get long-lasting ideas of gun use and culture from movies and video games, and too many citizens grow up with an unreasonable prejudice toward firearms for no better reason than that they've never handled one.
I think it's a bit far to require universal military service (my parents are from Singapore, and have a few words to say about that), but surely asking kids to spend a few weeks of a summer learning outdoorsmanship isn't a bad thing?
Owning a firearm may be a right, but it should be a citizen's duty to exercise that right in a responsible and informed manner. Just because the Constitution doesn't demand it of us doesn't mean we shouldn't demand it of ourselves and each other.
Just my opinion, of course.