Yeah!Every person is responsible for his own safety. If they want to defend themselves adequately, then they should arm and train themselves with NO government oversight and at NO taxpayer cost.
Is a simple gun safety test to much to ask?
Well, Gonzalez v Castle Rock Colorado found that the police have no duty to protect you, soooooo...Yeah!
In another Idea, as much as I dislike the bloated government spending, and well ect...since it's such an epidemic anyway why not incentivise training? If a customer looking to buy a firearm can provide proof of a safety course taken or a coupon given to them in exchange for completing the free safety course, FFLs give them a discount on a firearm purchase, and can send in the coupon and get reimbursed for the discount given by the general public safety fund.
if only one person learns it’s illegal to shoot someone in defense of property then it will be worth it.
That was as far as I planned on going I'm more than happy to delete my commentWell, as with most things, it's not that simple. But we are drifting off course...
...is it a good idea to have someone walk into a gun shop buy a firearm...Then walk out put it in a holster and protect themselves???
I went through hunter safety...I took boater safety...I took drivers education...
Certainly, but limiting/violating everyone's rights is not the best way to achieve that...don't the rest of the people have a right to be safe...
Is a simple gun safety test to much to ask?
Is this actually something that's a problem? I have an idea why don't we just disarm everybody then nobody will shoot each other over property crimes
1st don't shoot the messenger.
I have been a 4H shooting instructor, range RSO, and have taught many new shooters and gun owners gun safety.
In doing so I have had to correct bad habits and teach what most of us would consider common sense. I have also completed CCW requirements for 4 different states.
That said, is it a good idea to have someone walk into a gun shop buy a firearm and a box of bullets from a store clerk that thought they fit the gun. Then walk out put it in a holster and protect themselves???
I went through hunter safety even though I followed my Dad starting at six.
I took boater safety even though I fished in one for longer than I can remember.
I started driving a car/pickup when I was 12. If somebody needed help I had tobe able to get to help. But I took drivers education at 16 and and had to test for a license.
I believe anyone that lawfully can own a gun should be allowed to buy one, but don't the rest of the people have a right to be safe also. Is a simple gun safety test to much to ask?
Just a thought....
competency tests for politicians)
Seriously? You’ve never met people who run their mouths about shooting car thieves or trespassers?
You must not spend much time in gun shops or public shooting ranges.
I think you’re being overly sensitive here.
What’s the problem with making legal information available to a broader public audience on a voluntary basis?
Should we hide all the laws and then just arrest people after they have broken them?
Now, having the right to carry is a completely different issue from actually carrying. I'm still opposed to the promiscuous carrying of guns where there isn't an articulable need.
That kind of says it allThread is, "I support the 2nd amendment, but"
Oh, so one may possess certain rights, but actually exercising those rights is a completely different issue? And you believe one should have an articulable need to carry a firearm?Now, having the right to carry is a completely different issue from actually carrying. I'm still opposed to the promiscuous carrying of guns where there isn't an articulable need.