The Toll of Gun Negligence

[trouble.smith]

9. firearms safety is second nature to some of us

who have decades of firearms handling experience. For others, that experience and knowledge just isn't there. Maybe they aren't dumb-assess but they are inexperienced and lacking what is common knowledge to some of us and a good firearms safety class will at least give them the knowledge. If they're just a dumb ass who can't take direction, I guess they're destined for an accident. The instructor at my class made it clear to us though, if he saw even one unsafe act, you would be asked to leave and your money wouldn't be refunded and you wouldn't be getting your permit. That made people listen. I can respect a state that just issues the permit after you pass the background check from a constitutional perspective but from a 10th amendment perspective, it makes sense to mandate a safety course to at least try to promote public safety. I don't think a 12 hour course with a range qualification component is too much to ask. It isn't 1875 anymore, the intimate familiarity of firearms isn't as common place as it once was and society ought to recognize that.