Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
You shouldn't have to take classes to exercise a right. I wouldn't be opposed to some basic training in schools though.
Well, free speech is also a right, and our government forces children to learn to read and write coherent sentences. I don't see why some mandatory firearm safety training infringes on the right to bear arms any more than public schooling infringes on the right to free speech.

I should not be free to run through a building shouting that there's a bomb about to go off. That's inciting a panic, and people could get hurt for no good reason. Likewise, idiots like the OB/GYN I know should be forced to learn some basic firearm handling principles. Simple enough. Nobody's saying he can't arm himself, nobody's trying to take his gun away.