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Originally Posted by Lindsyburnsy
I might worry slightly less if I knew everybody that owned a firearm was properly trained with a thorough background check and safely stored. That's just a bar too high.
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I get your point, and agree with "properly trained." However, that does not make a responsible or sensible person by itself. When I was in Junior High/Middle school we had a gun club sponsored by the school and we brought our rifles in and shot targets. We had NRA instruction/instructors that taught gun safety.
As for your point regarding "safely stored" I concur with that IF/IF your guns are stored, ie. spare guns. If you carry a gun for self defense or keep one in the home for self defense, it is not going to be safely stored. But, I do get your point. I taught my children at a very young age, gun safety and allowed them to shoot my firearms with my supervision. One of my children used to shoot competitively on the weekends, and has a very nice shooting range on the property. One of my children uses an indoor local range and a range sponsored by the state parks. My grandchildren (some of them) hunt during season. There have been no accidents in my family (knock on wood or praise GOD).
The saying has been worn out, but still relevant: "Guns do not kill people, people kill people." Even with a new gun carry law, the federal background check will still be required to purchase a firearm.