AZ FTW

I can see how towns might want control over how much training you need to have to carry one in public, bu the MA system of needing to pay $100 and subject yourself to biometric screening every time to you want to buy a firearm freaks me out. Then again, ammunition sales don't require a background check, carding isn't all bad. 

Well, ignorance is not an excuse. Hopefully people learn the laws before they carry. But we a slowly breaking down the walls surrounding the 2nd amendment.

jmac3 wrote: Carrying a gun concealed should require a license.

The fact that it's not blatantly obvious is a little worrying in itself.....

choopie911 wrote: The fact that it's not blatantly obvious is a little worrying in itself.....

Edited by stratoaxe - 18 April 2010 at 9:14pm

jmac3 wrote: Licenses tend to require mandatory training/tests.

I love how this thread only got a few hits, and made it to the second page. But all of a sudden got up to this many hits.

stratoaxe wrote: And again, I'll raise the question, how does the CCW permit insure ANY safety on this issue?

NB4 the people with strong opinions on this subject continue to ignore the question they don't have a satisfactory answer to.

Impulse. wrote: I love how this thread only got a few hits, and made it to the second page. But all of a sudden got up to this many hits.   Choop, Jmac I love you guys. But I refuse to argue with either of you. I rather live in Canada before Mass Jmac.

All I'm saying is allowing someone to conceal a gun in public, without manditory training/ licensing, is just....stupid. Theres not really any other word for it than stupid.

OK, we all know I have guns. Here is my take on CCW.  Yes, a license and training to handle a pistol is a good idea.  Why?  Because there has been one too many times some bastard on the firing line next to me has been unsafe in handling his/her pistol and nearly shot me. I have in my shed someplace a rifle scope with a bullet hole in the sunshade, entering from the right and exiting the leftside of the sunshade.  I was looking through it at the time it was shot. Although not  caused by a pistol, it was enough for me to believe that if you are going to own a firearm, then you should be trained safely on it's handling and use. Last summer some chuckle head almost shot my wife when he was loading his Beretta. This fool locks the side to the rear, inserts a full magazine and had trouble with the slide release, so he turns the pistol sideways (pointing at the shooting benches, not down range) hits the release and and set the round off.  the bullet hit the dirt about 3 feet in front of the bench where my wife was about to shoot.  I am all for CCW BUT training and testing is not a bad idea.