Would you support mandatory firearm education?

No.

Rather, you should disabuse them of the notion that a firearm is as complex as a jet fighter-bomber. A firearm is a lot simpler to operate safely than a car.
 
Rather, you should disabuse them of the notion that a firearm is as complex as a jet fighter-bomber. A firearm is a lot simpler to operate safely than a car.
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True, but it does not make it any less dangerous. The safety rules for firearms are much less complex and complicated than an automobile too. If everyone followed them there would be no gun "accidents".
 
Whenever a friend, relative, neighbor or acquaintance tells me they are buying their first gun, I go out of my way to invite them to my gun club as a guest and orient them on the safe handling of a firearm. I always strongly encourage them to get more training from qualified instructors. However, I don't think such training should be "mandatory" for the purchase of a firearm.
 
Let the high schools offer such a course as an elective. However, it should be mandated that every high school offer such a course. But not needed to own a gun.
 
Alabama Shooter, I don't know how old you are. I'm in my mid-40s, and went to high school in Florida. As of the mid-1980's, Florida had dropped civics from its required curriculum, and my high school did not offer it.

Also, high school US History started with Reconstruction, so a student who had transferred in from a different state might never have had US History covering the period when the Constitution was drafted.

As far as mandatory training for attending church, you mentioned you had undergone it - at the behest of your church, not the government.

That is entirely different than what horatioo asked, which was about accepting the government requiring you to attend training prior to church participation. So, would you like to refine your answer?
 
Let the high schools offer such a course as an elective. However, it should be mandated that every high school offer such a course. But not needed to own a gun.
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Exactly. You can own a fleet of vehicles without a drivers lic.

ETA: Requirements for Florida High School Graduation:

Three credits in social studies as follows: one credit in United States history; one credit in world history; one-half credit in economics; and one-half credit in United States government.
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http://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/ind...ng=&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.428.html


Maybe they don't call it civics anymore but they still have it.

That is entirely different than what horatioo asked, which was about accepting the government requiring you to attend training prior to church participation. So, would you like to refine your answer?
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I would. While a number of states offer religious education in public schools I do not think it should be madatory.
 
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The rifles shown above differ in shape and "potential" quantity of ammunition. None are available, legally, to the civilian population in "auto" People do not understand the difference between auto and semi auto. All guns with a capacity over one are semi auto. One trigger pull...one round expended.(Unless you have a single action and have to pull the hammer back,and I'm not going to confuse the average person further with it's operation) AUTO should not be used with any legal gun legally sold to the public. It's not right.

Most people will not register their long guns in NY. Black market sales will BOOM. People will still kill people. The SAFEACT is a joke and the proponents are ignorant in their quest to their own selfish agenda.
 
Would you condition voting upon passing a literacy test?

Literacy, like gun training, is a good thing. But gun ownership, like voting, is a right and not a privilege conditioned upon passing some government controlled standard.
 
I would support more rigorous qualifications for voters before I would support mandatory firearms education.

A bunch of idiots with votes are far more dangerous to me than a bunch of idiots with guns.
 
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I would support more rigorous qualifications for voters before I would support mandatory firearms education.

A bunch of idiots with votes are far more dangerous to me than a bunch of idiots with guns.
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Well said.

The last thing we need is to make it mandatory for schools to teach future gang bangers how to properly hold a weapon and hit a target. Keep in mind not every kid in school is going to grow up to be a good law abiding citizen.
 
I do not, nor would I ever, support any law that stands in the way of citizens RIGHT to own any weapons. The RIGHT to protect yourself from any force brought against you is not up for debate or to be restricted by any law.
 
Government mandated , one size fits all, anything does not fit in my definition of Freedom.

I would like to see firearms safety training start in grade school, and taught by certified firearms instructors, but not as something mandatatory for graduation.
 
The last thing we need is to make it mandatory for schools to teach future gang bangers how to properly hold a weapon and hit a target. Keep in mind not every kid in school is going to grow up to be a good law abiding citizen.
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They would actually have to go to school. Of course if they were felons already AND going to school they would be exempt from the class.
 
Government mandated , one size fits all, anything does not fit in my definition of Freedom.

I would like to see firearms safety training start in grade school, and taught by certified firearms instructors, but not as something mandatatory for graduation.
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I agree 100%. why do so many gun owners want to jettison other freedoms in order to appease anti gun people? The NRA blames the first amendment right of free speech, others here want to mandate the federal govt get more involved in local school issues.

I dont get it. Protect all freedoms not just the right to own a gun.
 
It depends on how and what is implemented. I, personally, think that a basic firearms safety course, such as what is taught in a hunter's safety course, would be a good thing to incorporate into the curriculum of public high schools. While I'm sure that many anti's would tear their hair out over their children being taught about guns, that argument doesn't carry much weight with me since we've already incorporated other controversial subjects such as Darwinism and sex education into school curricula.
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THe NRA used to teach saftey courses in elementry school. Along with safety classes on dynamite and blasting caps.
 
I passed my 18th birthday without much in the way of knowledge on how to operate two tools. One, a firearm, the other a chainsaw.

I would have preferred formal education on the chainsaw over the firearm. Hell of a lot more dangerous IMO.
 
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