They have safety courses, but oppose mandates to take them. What’s wrong with requiring proof that you know how to handle a weapon safely before you can buy one.

The NRA should be pushing for lead-free ammo, not armor-piercing ammo, and they should be pushing for getting rid of the gun-runners.

There are a lot of laws in this country that need to be enforced or eliminated, because the currently practice of “remembering” them when it is political useful doesn’t hack it.

I’ve been nearby on two occasions when firearms were discharged on our apartment grounds. Both were in the course of attempted robberies; fortunately, both robberies failed, though one victim was slightly injured. (As you may recall from my post a few months ago, one pair of robbers had the bad judgment to rob a resident who lived downstairs from a police officer… talk about quick response!) I’d really like to know where those guys got their guns… based on what I learned later, I doubt either pair of robbers could have passed any sort of background check.

I don’t know if any law acceptable even to reasonable and law-abiding gun owners could be passed in today’s political climate and could even begin to prevent such incidents, but enforcing the laws we’ve got already seems like a good place to start.