2 different items of our great Constitution
And neither two require a test to be able to take advantage of our God Given Right.
Perhaps you can start an effort to amend the constitution to require training before one can excesses his/her rights it guarantees but until then ????
Mandated firearms training hasn't worked in police departments, in the military and it wont work in the civilian world. There is no evidence to the contrary. If a person wants to shoot, and learn how to shoot propertly and safely he will, if he doesn't he wont, regardless of the training. To require one to train, and to pay for that training is in fact a tax.
Teddy Roosevelt thought training should be provided to the American Citizen he created the DCM (now known as the CMP). It's free for the most part, but it is not mandatory. Many police and sheriff's departments and National Guard Units put on training for citizens, at no cost, or maybe a tad bit to cover the cost, but its not mandatory.
Putting a price on firearms training limits it to those who can afford it. If there a choice for a father or mother to pay $200 for training or food for their children, then guess what, that father and mother will carry to protect their "fed kids" without training.
Free or low cost shooting is available for all of us, all we have to do is take advantage of it, but to force on to pay for training he can't afford might cost him the ability to protect his family. I'm against that.
The government (federal state and local) paid a lot of money to make a firearms instructor out of me. That was from tax dollars. I'm retired now, but I'm still a certified, LE, CMP, and NRA instructor. I'll provide training free of charge to any citizen who comes to me. I'm not about to double charge them. I don't want anyone in my training class that HAS TO BE THERE, I only want people WHO WANT TO BE THERE.
I took an oath to the Constitution, I'm against any infringement on it, be it requiring one to pay a tax and train before he is protected by the constitution.