First off ill say i think it should be up to the individual states to make their own gun laws. Some states have lesser gun violence and guns are used more for hunting and sport. Strict federal policies would make it the same for everyone. Should states like North Dakota or Montana, where gun murders are extremely low and id imagine most of the guns are used for hunting, have the same gun controls as a state with high gun violence, like California?
As for the training, i think it's reasonable that if you have to pass a test to drive a car, you should have to pass a test of some kind to have an instrument to kill someone, if we are talking about handguns or "assault rifles"
. As for hunters there should be a mandatory hunters safety, which i think some places have already.
I dont think any dipshit should be allowed to go out and buy a gun without knowing how to handle it.
As far as what the test would include i think it should be similar to a drivers test. An evaluation to see if you are suitable to own a firearm. Background investigation (which they have now), maybe some sort of mental evaluation to make sure you arent getting it to just go blow a bunch of people away. If you pass the background then there should be a training course which would teach safety, proper handling, and profeciency. Then there would be a practical test in which you would have to demonstrate proper handling, safety, and show you can actually shoot accuratley by getting a certain score.
If you pass you'd get a card similiar to a driver license, which you would take to the gun dealer when you go to buy a gun. And to ensure you keep up with it, the cards would expire every so often and you'd have to re-qualify.
They could have different licenses or different training for different guns you wanted to get or they type of thing you wanted to do with it. For example if you were getting a shotgun for home defense, youd get training with the shotgun and a test on that. There could be different levels of licenses ranging from just being able to get hunting rifles to you can get anything you want. The more types of guns you want to get, the more training and tests you have to take.
I think the gun owners would like that because it's another day of shooting. And if you arent a criminal and are smart enough and responsible enough to own a gun than it should be no problem and if you are very familiar with guns than the test should be a breeze
This might seem obsurd to some, but i think something like this would be a good start. The next step would be getting the illegal guns out of the hands of the criminals. Because it doesnt make sense to make stricter controls on law-abiding citizens without working on getting guns obtained illegally away from the criminals.
Vintage, ill have to look over to see your previous posts. I cant watch videos or anything on this computer im on now.
