Alec Baldwin Shooting

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Flaw? 

Perhaps just the teensiest bit naive?

I'll give an Australian analogy;  85% of us are urbanites living in half a dozen coastal cities.  35% of my country is named desert.  A full 70% is arid and pretty much uninhabitable. 

 Here your average male fancies himself a 'bush expert', an heir of Crocodile Dundee if you will. He ain't, and people  still die from ignorance 'out bush'.

I'd be fascinated to know how many gun owners anywhere have  actually received training about gun safety.

The Alec Baldwin School of Gun Safety?

 I suppose I'm a bit conservative when it comes to devices which can kill you.

IMO anyone who buys a fire arm should be required to do a course of gun safety and maintenance and have certificate of competence before taking possession of firearm. Ex military and police would only need to take a practical test. 

In Australia, the  driving age is 16. Once they get a licence here, a person is required to show P (probationary) plates for 2 years.  The person may not exceed 80km/hour, (49 mph) period. The person is allowed a blood alcohol limit of 0.00. Above that is an automatic loss of licence.

I think those rules are an excellent start.  I would like to see the driving age to 18 and having completed an advances driving course mandatory.  

Don't know what it's like in the US. Here, car insurance for people between 18-25 is hideously expensive. Probably because  that age group is the most likely to be involved in a car accident .

My age group is the least likely to be involved in a traffic accident. However, I think the elderly may cause accidents due to over caution or in attention.