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<blockquote data-quote="GotalHunter" data-source="post: 3259408" data-attributes="member: 123198">Man arrested for 2x4 labeled &quot;High Powered Rifle&quot;I got my motorcycle license by riding a motorcycle around the block without dropping it.&nbsp; You&#039;re assuming that getting a motorcycle license involves a rigorous and thorough state-sponsored education and testing requirement.&nbsp; That&#039;s not the case.Motorcycle deaths outnumber accidental firearms deaths three to one in the USA (about 4,500 per year to 1,500 per year).&nbsp; Now consider that there are 200 registered firearms and 7 million registered motorcycles per capita in the USA.&nbsp; So the deaths per capita are about 90:1.&nbsp; Bottom line: if you own both a motorcycle and a firearm, you are NINETY TIMES more likely to be killed in an accident with your motorcycle than in an accident with your firearm.&nbsp; Remember that next time you stick your head in the motorcycle enthusiasts&#039; thread.&nbsp; (For what it&#039;s worth, I&#039;ve been riding motorcycles since 1996; I&#039;m not anti-motorcycle.&nbsp; Just trying to add some perspective of relative risk).I think owners should get training appropriate for what they&#039;re going to buy and use.&nbsp; Just like I got training with my motorcycle through a private organization after receiving my license (which, for the record, actually saved my life a couple years later).&nbsp; But regulating what sort of training is a mess, and if we do it via government instead of via admonition to owners, we pull resources from other government projects which probably will save more lives per million dollars expended.&nbsp; And what sort of training is hard to regulate.&nbsp; If someone only intends on owning a break-action shotgun for competitive trap and skeet shooting, they can learn safe handling in about five minutes, and making them sit through a two-day class on how to disassemble and clean a 1911 semi-automatic handgun and an M1A rifle is a waste of everyone&#039;s time and resources.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GotalHunter, post: 3259408, member: 123198"] [b]Man arrested for 2x4 labeled "High Powered Rifle"[/b] I got my motorcycle license by riding a motorcycle around the block without dropping it. You're assuming that getting a motorcycle license involves a rigorous and thorough state-sponsored education and testing requirement. That's not the case. Motorcycle deaths outnumber accidental firearms deaths three to one in the USA (about 4,500 per year to 1,500 per year). Now consider that there are 200 registered firearms and 7 million registered motorcycles per capita in the USA. So the deaths per capita are about 90:1. Bottom line: if you own both a motorcycle and a firearm, you are NINETY TIMES more likely to be killed in an accident with your motorcycle than in an accident with your firearm. Remember that next time you stick your head in the motorcycle enthusiasts' thread. (For what it's worth, I've been riding motorcycles since 1996; I'm not anti-motorcycle. Just trying to add some perspective of relative risk). I think owners should get training appropriate for what they're going to buy and use. Just like I got training with my motorcycle through a private organization after receiving my license (which, for the record, actually saved my life a couple years later). But regulating what sort of training is a mess, and if we do it via government instead of via admonition to owners, we pull resources from other government projects which probably will save more lives per million dollars expended. And what sort of training is hard to regulate. If someone only intends on owning a break-action shotgun for competitive trap and skeet shooting, they can learn safe handling in about five minutes, and making them sit through a two-day class on how to disassemble and clean a 1911 semi-automatic handgun and an M1A rifle is a waste of everyone's time and resources. [/QUOTE]

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