Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: In November my home state of PA went Red [View all]Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Right's or Privilege... you assume much.
1st- Safety training for the same reason you have to take and pass a test to drive (Yes, driving is a privileged but as I stated previously the zero fail nature of a firearm should require the same. Many seem not to understand this and end up leaving the firearm in the couch for the 3 yr old to find.) The safety training is to show that one is capable / competent and fully understands the responsibility involved with owning a firearm.
2nd- BGC upon purchase. A yearly license/tag renewal would ensure your right to own has not changed, not everyone buys a firearm every year.
3rd- If that is what Canada does... good for them. A person should have to go to a licensed dealer to get inventory. It should not be deliverable to the front door. A chain of custody should exist.
4th- Your point about Sandy Hook.... short an outright ban on all firearms (which I do not favor, I enjoy my pistols and shotgun) tragedies are still going to happen. We have allowed firearms to proliferate unabated for decades but that is not a reason, which i see used often to do nothing...that and the other super silly meme of "only criminals would have firearms" if we made laws address the firearm violence...