Reply #16: If you want to own a gun, then feel free, but you must... [View All]

[Selatius]

show that you can properly handle your firearm in a safe manner.

You must show that you have adequate facilities (such as a safe) to store your firearm(s). In addition, you must store your ammunition separately from your firearm(s).

You must show that you have completed a government-regulated, standardized gun safety education course. If you have other people in your household, you must take a yearly refresher course; otherwise, you must take one at least once every other year.

You must not have a criminal record or a record of mental instability.

If you cannot meet all of these requirements, you shouldn't have a firearm. Ideally, we would emulate Swiss laws governing private ownership of firearms; they KNOW how to regulate, and the per capita gun crime rate and the gun death rates in Switzerland put the US to absolute shame, but the Swiss love their guns, and they have a long tradition of marksmanship and gun sportsmanship.