[cigarmonkel]

IMO i think our politicians are going all the wrong ways to try to decease crime and what not involving guns. Instead of taking them away make a simple and effective class that educates people how to PROPERLY handlee and use guns. NOT a CCW class but something kinda like it. A LOT of people don't carry their guns, but that doesn't mean they know how to use and handle them safely. Think of hunters safety, you need to pass the hunters safety (both field and written test) before you can even buy any hunting permits. Why not do something like that for buying guns? You MUST pass a field and written test before you can apply for a gun permit.

yes, hunters safety is pretty much all common sense and you could sleep through it and still pass, BUT i promise you there would be more hunting accidents if we didn't have that system in place. So why not make a same class in order to buy a gun? A class most of us could sleep through but would still either prevent or educate that 10% of people (random number) from buying or misusing a gun.