Thread: Another Hunter Killed

Another unecessary loss of life.

I feel some sort firearms competency test neds to occur during the licence application process. I would prefer to see better education than stricter regulation of firearms.

When I was living in Canada I got a Canadian Firearms Licence and we had to do night courses going over legislation, rules regarding safety and use and learn how to safely handle/load/clear the different firearm action types commonly used by the general public (they had disabled examples of all the standard action/rifle types) . It was run by their version of mountain safety council and mandatory in order to get a licence. You sat both a written and practical test on the last night.

Cost was not too bad considering the information you got out of it and the cost included the Licence IIRC.

This will help all new firearms users (and current) to better understand all aspects of firearm handling/safety.