Yeah I never get into the debates about weapon class allowance, because it always amounts to an arbitrary threshold on the scale of potential kill rate, and grocery shoppers with desert storm kits on their shoulder do all the talking anyway.

You mentioned training. That’s a reg I think my fellow progressives should back. Anti-gun messaging clearly isn’t working. Instead, why not encourage citizens to own guns, just shift focus to the discipline needed to maintain the privilege?

By discipline I mean require training, make it rigorous and free, and make regular shooting mandatory for permit renewal. Require inspections for proper maintenance and adherence to storage safety protocols. Offer specialist certifications for more exotic kits. Basically, make sure would-be gun owners respect the weapon, understand the responsibility they’re taking on, and are equipped to use them safety and proficiently.

Even my most gung-ho 2a friends would be all for this. But they take guns seriously and aren’t contributing to the statistics. I suspect the actual unsafe assholes wouldn’t bother owning a gun if there was work involved.

It’s just a thought. Probably not a popular one.