Quote Originally Posted by BigBear View Post

"I fully agree that we have a right to keep and bear arms," Furbee said. "But if you are not responsible enough to take a class and learn the laws, you are worse than part of the problem....If you are going to carry a concealed weapon, you should have some kind of training and show that you are at least competent to know how the gun works and be able to hit a target," he said. "You owe the people around you a measure of responsibility."

Amen.

My thoughts: Arizona definitely needs this legislation and they need to include the Castle Doctrine as well. Illegal and even domestic gang/drug/etc problems are WAY out of control all through Texas, NM, SoCal, and AZ and I think looser gun laws and "good shoot" laws will hopefully steer the potential "bad guy" to think twice about his/her actions.
Just be careful you don't get in the mindset of trying to legislate people into being responsible.

While taking a class and getting training is the responsible thing to do,

that doesn't mean we should pass laws FORCING people to do that.