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Most states do have mandatory classes, shooting tests, and exams to get a license to carry.
And license-holders commit almost no crime, statistically-speaking. People who go out of their way and spend extra money to comply with the law tend to be law-abiding.
My hot take that I'm sure I'll get buried for is that in the US, proper firearm safety and training should be a mandatory middle school class. There's just too many guns. Even if you don't keep them in your house, your kid's friend might. Even if some kid joins a gang and has a shootout with another gang, at least they won't just spray and pray and kill an innocent bystander. I see no downsides except that progressives get apopleptic whenever anyone mentions guns.
Agreed. We learn CPR when though we don't plan on heart attacks. People should be taught basic firearm safety.
Stop, drop, and roll caused me to seriously overestimate the number of times I would be on fire in my life.