Training requirements and gun ownership.

[Scout26]

Just like there are training requirements prior to being allowed to vote, speak, assemble, petition the .gov or exercise your religion.

[Fly320s]

Just like there are training requirements prior to being allowed to vote, speak, assemble, petition the .gov or exercise your religion.

Win.

[RoadKingLarry]

I've got a novel idea.
Lets punish people for misdeeds they've actually done rather than pre-emptively restrain everyone because of what someone else might do.
If someone does something criminal and/or stupid and causes harm to another, punish them accordingly. Make it real, make it hurt and make it public.

[Tallpine]

I've got a novel idea.
Lets punish people for misdeeds they've actually done rather than pre-emptively restrain everyone because of what someone else might do.
If someone does something criminal and/or stupid and causes harm to another, punish them accordingly. Make it real, make it hurt and make it public.

You just want to put young black men in prison 

[Hawkmoon]

Didn't Adam Lanza take a state-mandated course from the NRA?

No.

He apparently took some NRA course, because the police listed an "NRA Certificate" among the things found when they executed a search warrant at the mother's home, but the kid was 20 years old and couldn't get a permit until he reached 21, so there was no mandate for him to take anything. And, unless there's been some additional info released that I missed, we don't know what NRA course it was that he took.

[RoadKingLarry]

I loved the sound of that 235, and Dad showed me how to adjust the valve lash while the engine was running.  Pretty neat!

Any bets on some kind of Eddie Eagle stuff?

[birdman]

No.

He apparently took some NRA course, because the police listed an "NRA Certificate" among the things found when they executed a search warrant at the mother's home, but the kid was 20 years old and couldn't get a permit until he reached 21, so there was no mandate for him to take anything. And, unless there's been some additional info released that I missed, we don't know what NRA course it was that he took.

They did not identify whose certificate it was.  Since the firearms found obviously belonged to the mother, among other things, we can't assume it was the perp's certificate.

[Stand_watie]

No.

He apparently took some NRA course, because the police listed an "NRA Certificate" among the things found when they executed a search warrant at the mother's home, but the kid was 20 years old and couldn't get a permit until he reached 21, so there was no mandate for him to take anything. And, unless there's been some additional info released that I missed, we don't know what NRA course it was that he took.

In Michigan in the 1980's when I first got a hunting license, the state mandated some sort of gun safety course as a prerequisite to getting a hunting license under a certain age (16?, 15?), that conveniently was offered by the NRA. It was a good class. Grumpy old Walt Kowalski types just like my driver's ed instructors except with guns instead of cars.

[Hawkmoon]

In Michigan in the 1980's when I first got a hunting license, the state mandated some sort of gun safety course as a prerequisite to getting a hunting license under a certain age (16?, 15?), that conveniently was offered by the NRA. It was a good class. Grumpy old Walt Kowalski types just like my driver's ed instructors except with guns instead of cars.

No hunting on the instructor's lawn, eh?

[gunsmith]

I think a good way to handle the problem is to insist that you do not get a high school diploma without a gun safety course

[Tallpine]

Would be nice if the cops got some of that so-called gun training, also 

I hear they just spent $4.2 million on the training budget out in LA 

[Perd Hapley]

I think a good way to handle the problem is to insist that you do not get a high school diploma without a gun safety course

Well, yeah. In any reasonable country, every kid would learn how to shoot accurately and safely.

[Tallpine]

I think a good way to handle the problem is to insist that you do not get a high school diploma without a gun safety course

My guns are safe.  They are all wearing condoms. 

[gunsmith]

My guns are safe.  They are all wearing condoms. 

Awesome!
I wear one when I'm online, I hear it helps prevent computer viruses