Hypothetical Question...

[stodg73]

I have a hard time believing anyone could come up with such a stupid scenario. (unless they are a democrap)

Not a stupid scenario, just a hypothetical question.


Please remember to keep it civil, no name calling, just lively discourse.

[Graves]

Not a stupid scenario, just a hypothetical question.


Please remember to keep it civil, no name calling, just lively discourse.

It's pretty stupid.

[cstone]

If a law was proposed stating that in order to speak or freely associate or practice your religion, or freely publish , one must first pass a two hundred hour class, 100 hours of lab work, and pass the same type of background and psychological tests that a teacher, social worker, paramedic, law enforcement, etc. must pass, would you support it?

See how this works?

[Irving]

A 200 hour class is 33 days of 8 hour classes (with lunch and bathroom breaks). I can't think of a single class on a single subject that has similar requirements.

I can't realistically discuss this scenario because it is not based in reality.

[Zundfolge]

No. Because the "test" would quickly turn into a political purity test and eventually the mere fact that you want a gun would be a fail.

[JohnnyDrama]

No. We have a right to self protection. As far as speed limits and drug use, tests are administered before you can legally drive, and when you are prescribed drugs, a medical person or the pharmacist gives you instructions as to their use. Of course, there are lots of people out there who speed and take non-prescribed/illegal drugs.

I'm wondering, 200 hours of classroom work and another 100 hours is seven and a half weeks of eight hour days. That's roughly equivalent to an academic quarter. What would you cover in all that time?

[Irving]

There are speed limit signs on my street, but I wasn't required to take any classes to utilize them.

[Skip]

What problem are you solving with this law?

Follow up: what happens when the criminals, crazies, and terrorists still find a way to get guns without taking your course/process? I have to believe that would continue because even complete gun prohibition hasn't been able to stop it.

[sniper7]

Are we going to get paid? The other you list are professions, we are buying a tool, not learning a new career.
would you hypothetically require the same type of classes to own a knife, a baseball bat, a can of potentially toxic or flammable spray such as spray Paint? Or to buy a car, a boat, an airplane? All those are deadly.

if any of these questions are strikingly easy, then your question should answer itself. If it doesn't I am inclined to believe a great amount of stupidity has engulfed your brain and Maybe you need some lab work and some classes.

[Gman]

It's a right. Put the same criteria on the other rights and try and rationalize the proposed strategy.