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Originally posted by HardDrive
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I feel that 'right to carry' states have it wrong. There should be some kind of firearm training involved before a permit is issued. This would serve as a good weeding mechanism for folks that perhaps should stick with sling shots.
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That's a very slippery slope. What other intrinsic rights as humans should be licensed? Should there be state testing to ensure citizens meet their standards prior to issuing a license to exercise a right? I don't think we even want to go there, but I guess we already have.
The danger in state licensing is that they gain control of some sort of standard, that they set, for obtaining that license. Look at California for a great example of this. While it is legal to get a CCW in that state, the licensing requirements are so onerous as to make it practically impossible.
The "shall issue" states (like ours) are closer to having it right. States like Wyoming, that do not address this whatsoever, do have it right. There are no laws concerning carry, concealed or not, in that state. They officially don't give a *****. Do what you want; it's up to you and it's no one elses' business, including the state's. That's the way it should be everywhere, following the Second Amendment literally. "shall not be impinged" means just that; no licensing, no control, no tracking; nothing. We should be as free to carry as we are free to breathe, to walk around the block; whatever. Those that are uncomfortable with that need to change the amendment, not pass illegal local, state, or federal laws that regulate it.