Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: NRA ‘Disappointed’ With Biden Meeting For Proposing Restrictions On Guns [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)before I could support it.
1) What would such an evaluation cost?
2) What qualifications would the person who ran the test be required to have?
3) Would this test apply to people considering buying a firearm or to all 80,000,000 gun owners in our nation?
4) How accurate are such tests? Would it have detected the shooters in the recent tragic massacres?
5) Would requiring a large number of people to obtain such an evaluation hamper our mental care system and make it even more ineffective than it is today?
I personally favor a card system that would require any individual to show a picture ID that proved he had attended a firearm safety course when he wished to buy ammo or a firearm. My idea would be even more effective if in order to get the card, the person would have to go through a background check and possibly a mental evaluation.
However I also feel that the process of obtaining such a card should not be so time consuming or expensive that It would discourage the lower middle class and the poor from owning a firearm for self defense if they chose. Such people often live in the crowded inner cities which are often also the most dangerous areas.
(I should point out that I am a gun owner in Florida and have a concealed weapons permit.)