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Okay, my mistake. But how do you teach discretion? You teach people the requirements of the law, which doesn't take that much time, and the responsibility then rests on the bearer of the arm. Those that violate the law get thrown in jail. If you want more than that, you're asking for a Nanny state.

Further, no, you don't understand my position correctly; mostly because you have bought into the "vigilante" shiboleth of the left. The nut cases you are alluding to, that is, people who will mistakenly take their right to self protection as a licence to kill, are of the same mind, and exist in the same numbers as those who think income tax laws don't have any legal standing. Give people a little credit. There will always be "darwin award" candidates. Liberals are the ones that formulate policy to make sure no idiot ever has the opportunity screw up: not us.

How are you defining "regulated?" I sounds to me like you are defining it as a synonym of "registered."