ForrestBubba2020

How would this work exactly? Wouldn't this just discourage owners of stolen guns from reporting theft, in order to avoid liability? There's no registry for gun ownership in the United States so it isn't as if there's a list of serial numbers and who they previously belonged to prior to the theft.

These are the types of solutions I'm more open to as a gun owner. My only gripe about a safety course is cost. How does the program get funded? Make it too expensive for the gun owner and you create a constitutional issue in which poor people are economically barred from practicing a constitutional right. For comparison think poll tax on first amendment right to vote.

I want to avoid being as polarizing as possible here. There are gun owners who are very much against the idea of a required safety course. Personally I'm for it so long as it is handled appropriately. Perhaps proving economic disparity waives the program cost to poor individuals? Idk I'm just spitballing, but I do think the answer is education.

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That's it's own debate honestly and just being frank that would never get passed in this country.

You create a list of individuals who can easily be exploited in the future. If the government compiles a list of gun owners and the firearms they own, what is to stop that government from targeting those individuals in the event that the government becomes tyrannical? It's not the same as car titles, because driving and car ownership are not Constitutional rights. I don't expect you to agree with that viewpoint, but it is a clear Constitutional issue that would be up for debate. Ask yourself honestly if you can see the nation as it is right now coming to any kind of conclusion on that issue. The way our culture has become so polarized I just don't see it.