While we can take this to the nth degree... Do you need a license and training to carry around a nail gun at a job site with children around? Anyone can buy both ammonia and bleach at Walmart, and surprisingly few people are reported to have killed themselves in a cloud of chlorine gas. And what about the rest of the chemicals at Home Depot? How many contractors were formally trained in the use of Acetone, etc?Soccerdad1995 wrote: Anyone who reproduces should have a basic knowledge of child rearing and a basic level of morals / ethics.
Anyone who speaks should have a basic comprehension of grammar, civility, and common sense.
When we talk about restricting the RKBA, it needs to be in the same vein as restrictions on other rights. Not restrictions on privileges such as driving. Let's make it simple. If you can legally vote, then you can legally carry a gun.
Training and licensing restrictions hurt poor and fixed income people the most. Sort of like poll taxes and literacy tests to vote were designed to keep the "riff raff" (ie, blacks and poor white trash) from bringing their unwashed and uneducated views to the ballot box.
Who trained everyone that carried rifles, etc., in the 18th century in the US? People's illiterate fathers?
No offense, but next time you want to feel safer, start with the people that have to start staring at their phones as soon as they've backed out of their driveways. They're going to kill and maim far more people in Texas than people carrying long guns or pistols, trained or not.
Everything that you can do to hurt people with a firearm is a crime whether you are licensed or not. Those are the penalties.