I do agree that people need to be trained with guns before they carry a gun. (I’ve come across waaaay too many idiots in my lifetime) In the old days, kids grew up with guns. They were taught to shoot young and had positive examples all around them. That’s not happening enough now.
But the idea of having restrictions on a ‘right’ doesn’t sit well with me.
So, the solution would to be to have every high school student take a mandatory firearms safety class in order to graduate. That way everyone has some training and there’s no excuse to restrict their rights.
Now who shouldn’t be allowed to carry? Anyone who’s lost their right to vote due to committing a felony. That’s it.
I agree that the mentally ill shouldn’t be running around with a gun, but that’s a slippery slope (at what point do we stop? Pure psychosis? Depression? Anxiety? A person who needed counseling to get through a rough patch at one point?)
The fact is that criminals, the mentally ill, and anyone else who wants to cause problems with a gun, will find a way to get their hands on a gun.
It's right there in the second sentence of The Second Amendment.
I agree with you, but will add that the novelty of open carry will quickly wear off.
You said”Now who shouldn’t be allowed to carry? Anyone who’s lost their right to vote due to committing a felony.”
Did you know that anyone convicted of a felony who has completed his sentence is now allowed to vote in the state of Texas?