robkelk Wrote:In addition to the points you made here, I'd add the matter of training. We do not let people purchase and operate a motor vehicle without first ensuring they have been trained it its correct use. In some cases, that includes training them when not to use a vehicle. In Canada, there's similar training required before one is allowed to purchase and use a firearm - is that the case in the USA?
Not a question with a simple answer. For the vast majority of guns that anybody in the US has, the relevant regulations are state, not federal. There are some pretty wide variations in what requires a permit as well as what is required to get those permits.
I would note that most pro-gun people who I've personally interacted with seem to think that the training usually isn't as good as they think it should be.
Haven't "x is worse when drunk/drugged/whatever" been tried with other things and been found to lack effectiveness? Got to get to work though, so I don't have time to research right now.
Also there's something else that occurred to me that I've got to think about...
-Morgan. And that should remind me of it when I get home.