RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
May 15, 2014 at 7:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2014 at 7:56 pm by Ryantology.)
(May 15, 2014 at 7:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You're leaving out the human factor, Ryan. "Training" is a panacea. I'm sure this guy was trained but not enough to overcome a temporary bout of stupidity.
I would absolutely be okay with a stringent general aptitude test (as well as a thorough mental health examination) being a part of the licensing process.
Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet (no pun intended), because there are simply too many people with hardons for firearms in this country, and the thousands of dead every year are treated as the price we pay so that Jim Bob can have one M4 for every finger he can successfully count.