That's a good point, however I believe guns should be kept out of the hands of felons, the insane, and the incompetent (unsupervised children.)
In this case, I am skeptical as to whether it is the government's job to ensure that children are educated to the government's standards. I do not fear uneducated people. I fear immoral and evil people. There is a profound difference.
The insane have lost their rights through due process and I would hope that included driving as well. Felons also have lost their rights through due process but I don't agree with that. If a person has paid for their crime their rights should be restored in full, IMO. If a given felon can be considered a continuing threat to the community then they shouldn't be set free in the first place. More stringent and appropriate sentencing is needed in this country. Children have been allowed to use guns, unsupervised, from the founding of this country to the present. This has only somewhat changed in the last thirty years. I was given a gun of my own at 15 and I posed no threat to anyone with it.
I do not fear uneducated people. I fear immoral and evil people. There is a profound difference.
Amen to that! There is also a profound difference between educated and intelligent. Intelligence is a native quality of the mind, education is merely the rote schooling of the mind in a particular subject.