Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: If a CCW applicant has to take classes and pass tests... [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Actually the ones being relaxed were written out of fear, of workers and people of color. That is why Vermont didn't pass any gun laws (including restrictive concealed carry). They didn't have any major labor or racial issues 100 years ago. Most of them were passed in the 1920s, including Michigan's and North Carolina's UBC (1925 and 1919 respectively). The same people also lobbied for gun registration in Mississippi in 1954 (passed the state house, but didn't make it through the Senate). You think the Rainbow Coalition of Peace and Social Justice pushed for those? No. It was a group that liked to dress in funny outfits while attending their bonfires.
Wyoming passed their restrictive CCW law in the 1880s because of the "yellow peril" after a race/labor riot in my home town. It was actually more stringent than Germany today or certainly Canada until 1967. The town was about 50 percent Chinese immigrant.
UK passed their first ones because of the labor movement and the "red scare".
To answer your question, they should be at least half way competent, like explain why the location of the magazine well matters on a pistol and know what a barrel shroud is.