That's What Katanas Are For

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

This invalidates the firearms use for self-defense in the home.

Not really, you can have both safes next to each other in your bedroom and wear the keys around your neck. It just stops you from keeping a loaded weapon within reach of children, or stops an idiot child picking up and loading Daddy's gun.

You still haven't responded to my posts.

Why?

I'm serious.

Show me evidence that this would be a good thing.

Obviously, it's a massive restriction to gun ownership. And not because people are incompetent; because people don't like to jump through millions of hoops.

Furthermore, it's been pointed out again and again statistically that civilians are not that much of a liability with firearms.

I made the point about car accidents. You brushed it off because cars aren't "meant" to kill.

Yet they kill more people than guns do! 43,300

And since they're not made for it, nor can they be used for self-defence, I'd say that cars are even WORSE for it!

Those are pretty much the requirements militaries place on their soldiers. It's called TOET, Testing of Elementary Training. If you don't check the safety catch before picking the weapon up. This isn't a "massive restriction", it merely weeds out those who don't really want a gun or aren't safe with one. Surely it's better in your eyes than blanket bans for certain types of weapons.

In principle, no one should handle a weapon they are not certified on. To go back to your car comparison, you don't let someone drive without a license, do you?