2aguy
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No Brain, it isn't.....there are 11.1 million people with concealed carry permits today....and only 6-700 accidental gun deaths....put that on a calculator.....not even close to a problem.....drowning....now that is more of a problem.....
If call 6-700 deaths dangerous. Are you suggesting it isn't? People should take no care with their guns? Receive no training? Not be cautious when carrying? Or are those things required because carrying is dangerous?
No, I would call them a tiny number in the face of 11.1 concealed carry permit holders.....no, people should be very careful with their guns, they are dangerous when used carelessly, I have 16 hours of training just to get a permit....but until they make it free, I won't step on someones right to carry a gun for protection, if they can't afford lessons...they should get lessons from someone...be very cautious when carrying.....they aren't required because it is dangerous...again...6-700 accidental gun deaths vs. 310 million people in the U.S. vs. over 310 million guns in circulation, vs. 11.1 concealed carry permit holders....vs. 1.6 million times a year a gun is used to stop violent criminal attack and save lives.....
Again....6-700 accidental gun deaths are a tiny, tiny number...it should and can be lower....but that would take gun safety programs in public schools....and the anti gunners fight that tooth and nails.....dead kids help their cause too much....
So while carrying is dangerous, guns can be carried safely with the proper training? That is the way I look at it and think you might agree. But based on the accidents that do happen it is certainly dangerous to carry.
The problem with spending time on gun safety in schools is that most people will never need a gun for anything in their life. It would be like teaching latin in school now.
Most people are never involved in a burning building either....yet all kids recieve that training in our public schools....and gun safety training, as developed by the NRA, might save more kid's lives.....
And there is a study that shows you are more likely to be shot if you carry. Schools should promote that? You are certainly more likely to be accidently shot of you own a gun.
and you are more likely to get into a car accident if you own a car.....
Or more likely to have a plane crash if you own a plane....
Or to have a ski accident if you own skis.....