How would you like it if you had to pay for freedom of press, assembly, religion etc. Paying for your seconedment right is wrong, why would you think it is ok.
Again, what part of "I prefer the AK, AZ, VT method? No restrictions." did you not get from my post?
My point was, if we're going to have permitting, which I'm against in the first place, but it's unavoidable in most states for the next 10+ years, then we need to encourage training. You encourage training by offering a significant discount for it.
Sheesh. Don't want to get some safe handling and legal training? Fine, pay more.
We do pay for freedom of Assembly, freedom of Religion and press. There are costs involved in each. There are permits and paperwork for all of the above. There are rules and regulations like the "lose your non profit status if you endorse a candidate" rules. I'm against all that as well. While we work back towards the original freedoms, we have to deal with the mess we have today, it's simply unavoidable.