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I am the wrong person to take THAT tack with!

Unless engaged in Commercial driving, carrying passengers, such as a tour bus operator, we should not need a drivers licenses either.
The DL scheme is primarily about tax and control, safety is merely the excuse the public has been programmed to accept.

Out RIGHT to carry firearms, RIGHT to freely travel, RIGHT to petition the government, RIGHT to be secure in our possessions, RIGHT to vote, etc.
ALL of our RIGHTS are under attack from one faction or another, all are now constantly infringed.

Are you arguing that we should not be allowed to exercise any right without prior instruction and government approval, documented via a license?

Your letter to the editor (or post here) should only be allowed after you have passed a test and received a permit?
The class should include detailed scrutiny of your knowledge of word processing programs, sentence structure, spelling ability, libel laws, copyright, and your intent?
If you change your word processing program, or decide to use a typewriter, you should have to pass a new test?
This is what the Concealed Carry classes and permitting comes down to.

Despite media hysteria firearms are actually very simple devices, the basic safety rules are also very simple.
Very few people are going to carry a gun without having the ability to operate it, or an understanding of the basic tenets of self defense.

That a miniscule number of people MAY act foolishly is insufficient reason to deprive the majority of any RIGHT.

Lastly, cars are FAR more complex and dangerous to operate than firearms!
Do you worry every time another car approaches yours from the opposite direction?
Typical closing speeds exceed a hundred miles per hour, a crash would likely be fatal, yet you do this hundreds of times a day without a second thought.

Auto wrecks kill orders of magnitude more Americans than firearms misuse, despite those frequent test and licensing you support.