MikeK
Gold Member
My suggestion has nothing to do with preventing criminals from obtaining firearms. In fact I don't believe there is any truly effective way to do that short of totalitarian police state methods.Neither of which have you shown will prevent criminals from getting guns; neither of which have you shown do not infringe the rights of the law abiding.
And how does a requirement to demonstrate ones competence to handle guns infringe on the rights of the law-abiding? Does the requirement to prove you know how to drive before getting a license to do so infringe on the rights of the law-abiding? Or does it serve to protect innocent people from incompetent drivers on the roads?
I doubt you would have any problem convincing a gun dealer you know how to handle and use any gun you wish to purchase -- so what is your problem? I don't think I'm suggesting anything as stupidly counterproductive as are magazine-capacity laws. All I'm suggesting is a law that says if you don't know how to handle a gun you wish to own, learn how first.
What's wrong with that?