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Originally Posted by crockett
This is what I'm really about as far as guns. I don't have an issue with people owning guns, but training and safety courses should be mandatory. Sadly the NRA lobbyist fight this despite the fact they started as a gun safety organisation vs what they have become which is a gun manufacturer lobbyist firm.
When I took my course for my CW permit, I was actually amazed how little there was to do with safety, but rather most of the class was about legalities of carrying a gun not the responsibility or safe handing.
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I believe the NRA has become so corrupt by corporate financial interests that they are essentially useless now. They used to sponsor gun education for kids. If they still do that, they surely do it much more quietly than they lobby for big money.
I don't believe gun training should be required to get a gun, any more than passing a math test should be required to get a bank account. But I deeply believe that our public education system should do a better job of training in both.