The SC test & training are easy as well. But, my comment is not about how easy a test/qualification is.
My question is: "Why should we have to test at all?"
I used to think like many here- but thanks to a bunch of other folks on this and other forums, I now believe the only requirement should be your US Citizenry.
IMHO; If you're an American citizen and you are allowed to associate with others freely out in public, you should be able to carry anything you can physically tote around on your person you wish to carry in order to protect yourself. Heck, I'm for allowing American citizens to mount a 50cal machine gun in the back of their pick up trucks or carry an rpg in their trunk if they choose now.
The combined size of the American citizenry that carries a firearm for protection now would make up one of the largest armed militias on the planet. If handguns & personal rifles & shotguns have helped keep enemy nations from invading us up til now, just think of the message it would send to would be evil doers (foreign & domestic), if instead of just a "gun behind every tree", our enemies would be worried about "a 50cal in every truck" and "an RPG in every trunk".
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