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In reply to the discussion: Should America work towards becoming a gun-free Country? [View all]geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)training before you can get a license or buy a gun. Some do not. However the training is available.
Part of the issue is that you have to pay for these classes. Some folks claim that they can't afford it. My view is that if you can afford a gun and ammunition you can afford $100 for a gun safety class once or twice a year.
To you point of violence escalation. I agree that escalating a minor situation to the point of introducing a firearm is a problem. I do believe that for every case of out of control escalation there are hundreds perhaps thousands of conflicts that do not end up as armed conflicts. The stand your ground laws that are becoming popular (Florida for instance) do nothing but encourage people who are marginally in control to abandon all reason in a conflict.