“...A selection process, more training and a chain of supervision of some kind would be needed...”
Familyop:
My right to keep myself, my family, and any innocent citizen who happens to be near me alive is not subject to some arbitrary “selection process and chain of supervision”.
I carry because it is my right as an American to do so, and will continue to do so until I no longer am physically able to.
Society will ALWAYS have “a few oddballs”. Nothing will ever change that. Part of the idea of carry is to PREVENT the “oddballs” amongst us from going postal and doing damage in the first place.
Sure, agree that there should be (and are) some preconditions in place - not a violent felon, not mentally unstable, etc., and hopefully that is what you are referring to. But to hand over the power to arbitrarily choose who can and can’t defend themselves to is NOT acceptable.
I’m very much in favor of the Second Amendment but have also known of citizens who called police and had weapons pointed at them, when they arrived. There are many other situations out there that would shock most people. Quite a few respected pillars of communities are completely out of their minds, after they leave their offices. I’ve seen “untouchable,” business mogul city councilmen, who went cross-dressing and peering in their willingly participating neighbors’ windows.
Fifth Amendment takes care of criminals and the mentally insane.
No new laws needed.