earlthegoat2
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Legally blind doesn’t mean a person can’t see
That is correct for those certain people. There are blind people that see much less though.
Legally blind doesn’t mean a person can’t see
Legally blind doesn’t mean a person can’t see; it just means their corrected vision is blurrier than some arbitrary number (maybe 20/200, I’m not sure) or that their field of view is narrower than some arbitrary number.Legally blind people can own firearms.
Im probably not alone when I say I do not want to be around in the event said legally blind person uses a firearm for defensive purposes.
Title pretty much speaks for itself. This has been something I've heard (and/or some variation of it) for quite a while now and am interested to see what your thoughts are on it. NOTE: This isn't my opinion, just a claim that I've heard people throw around quite a bit and (apparently) one that many people stand by.
My primary quibble with that list is that it mixes some universal rules (I, II, IV, VI, which are the fundamental Four Rules of gun safety) with some rules that are strictly “while hunting only” (e.g., V), or even “while hunting with long guns only” (VII, unless you draw your holstered revolver, unload and clear it, and reholster it every time you have to step over a ditch, then draw it again, reload it, and reholster it after you step).All you need to know, a few minutes to read and understand.
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Yes, the pen is mightier (and deadlier) than the sword.My counter to that is "ever heard of a book called Mein Kampf?"
Yep.
Let's apply that to cars as well.
Freedom means people have to put up with stuff that you do that they don't like and conversely you have to put up with stuff that people do that you don't like.
They've seemingly forgotten that point.
Is formal training going to take the form of hunters safety course in high school. For us who have been in the military have had formal training. As for Wisconsin those things are required to get a hunting license.It is not a stretch of the imagination to see these requirements for the purchase of a firearm.
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/Education/OutdoorSkills/safetyEducation
Hunting course requirements
Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1973, must have completed a hunter education course and show the certificate to purchase any hunting license in Wisconsin. However, if they will be hunting under the hunting mentor ship program or they have successfully completed and have proof of completing basic training in the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard, they do not need a hunting safety course certificate to purchase a license.
A lot of people making that argument falsely claim that it would be like requiring driver’s ed, a driver’s license, and registration for cars. Those people don’t know what they are talking about.
You do *not* need driver’s ed, a driving test, or a driver’s license to own a car, keep it at home, drive it on your own property (or someone else’s) with permission, etc. And you can modify a car until it has 10,000+ hp if you wish, or build one from scratch, or buy one over the Internet. You can let a 12-year-old drive it on private property if you wish.
You only need a license to operate a car *on public roads.* There is no licensure or registration for car ownership.
I have REALLY mixed feelings about this subject.Title pretty much speaks for itself. This has been something I've heard (and/or some variation of it) for quite a while now and am interested to see what your thoughts are on it. NOTE: This isn't my opinion, just a claim that I've heard people throw around quite a bit and (apparently) one that many people stand by.
Used to be the BSA had Riflery merit badges, but I believe that program has been seriously curtailed, if not eliminated.
Sounds like a "full employment act" for firearms instructors. The insidious nature of this proposal is that it would divide the gun community: the instructors versus those who would have to pay for their services. In this regard (divide and conquer), it's like UBC proposals that channel all firearms transfers through FFL dealers. (That gives the FFL dealers a vested interest in the UBC system.) The antigunners are getting tactically smarter.
My thoughts on people who claim that are simple: They don't understand human nature.
Apathetic
Selfish
Arrogant
Ignorant
Distracted
Each one of those attributes can result in harm. And training doesn't negate that possibility. Even regarding 'Ignorance'. A person may be "trained", and yet be ignorant of the fact that they aren't adhering to their training based on factors they simply haven't accounted for. So unless training is going to rid a person of those negative attributes, it's not going to fix much.
Regardless of the views expressed here how many would hand their six old a loaded gun. Lots and lots of six year old adults in this society.