Hmm, lets see... Don't we have police departments that routinely deal with active shooting situations? Seems to me that the people who make up or police departments would be a great resource for setting up the training programs. They can teach the people about guns and their use and situational awareness as well as the legal ramifications of actually pulling your gun and using it.
Nobody uses a hand gun for hunting. Nobody conceal carries a rifle.
Actually, it does. If they actually fire their gun to protect their family then they are guilty of firing a gun with in city limits. It prevents them from practicing with their weapon so that they can remain proficient.
Like determining who is qualified to operate motor vehicles and who is not is a "meaningless slippery slope"?
No, but they should be trained and qualified to own and use hunting firearms. And if that's all they are trained and qualified to own and use, they should not be owning and using police or combat firearms.
Sure. Because they will charge for the classes to cover the costs.
SO having the police run a class that brings money into the department might help with those shortfalls. Maybe you should consider it.
Handgun hunting is primarily done with specialized handguns that have long barrels and are often set up with scopes (optical aiming devices)
But you are still infringing on the rights of your citizens. Are they allowed to open carry?
Motor vehicles are not firearms, so there will naturally have to be some differences in the regulations. People can't stick a motor vehicle in their pocket and take it into a public school without anyone noticing, for example. So regulating firearms would have to be more inclusive, by their nature.
If we properly regulate their ownership and use, transportation won't be a problem.
The reason for the regulation is the public's safety. That sounds "nebulous" to you because you don't care about anyone else's safety, apparently. All you seem to care about is you getting whatever you want however and whenever you want it.
We have idiotic laws because we let our politicians behave like idiots. But not all laws are idiotic, and most laws are far better then not having any laws at all. So I don't know what your argument is, here; … that anything short of perfection is worthless?
You are not charging the tax payers, you are charging the people who are taking the class.
So you are back to your do nothing position. You are part of the problem, not part of the solution. As a community leader you should be ashamed.
Because they are offset by stories like the one in Texas, by the toddler shooting its mother in Walmart, the bully who used a shotgun on an eight year old neighbor kid.
You have already established a president that says you are willing to infringe their second amendment right by making it illegal to actually fire their gun.