I am going to assume that you have at least one child, I will also assume that you, like myself, provided your child and/or children training in gun safety. Would you have considered no training, and then turned one of your own loose with a firearm just because it is right? When you answer that, consider that your family members are going to be exposed to untrained individuals.RottenApple wrote:The firearm training provided in those days was done primarily by parents (particularly the fathers) and other family members. It was not then a requirement for people to exersize their 2A rights, nor should it be a requirement now.45 4 life wrote:Although I agree that training should not be required to exercise one of our rights in the USA, remember that when the 2nd was written firearm training for all youngsters was a given. Back in those days learning about firearms was a must, today there is very little if any training provided to young Americans.
We as responsible gun owners and parents pass the training on to our kids, but many adults out there have never handled a weapon of anykind. I am sure that many of you, like myself have witnessed this at least once while spending time at the range.
I gathered up my wife and two kids, and left a gun range in Ft Worth when a untrained person was rented a firearm and turned loose on the range. My offered help to the individual was declined and my complaints to the range staff went unheard.