there are certain controls built into the purchase and use of such an item.
First, a licensed professional is required to get a prescription and that professional must be convinced there is cause or be held to account insurance wise, license to practice wise, and even criminally. This is not happening with guns.
As well as information will be shared with a critical eye to the total physical and mental health of the person using the RX. This is supervised on a regular basis. None of these are used in the equation of gun ownership, but would be if the person was in the military or police force, for example.
Second, an agreement between all parties involved that such prescription can be harmful or deadly if used the wrong way, thus the child-proof (which are more proof against adults) is a safeguard. This is the reasoning behind your example.
And it won't work because no one is 'minding the store,' so to speak with gun owners. They claim they have good reason, even if they use the gun to commit crimes such as robbery or for drug deals or any of the typical criminal reasons; the 'lawful' gun owner considers himself to also be wise for his reasons to buy and possess a firearm.
If a sufficient number of people were willing to put up with such an intimate examination of their intentions and uses of firearms, I think that the world would be a much better place, In fact, I think looking at gun ownership in such a way would be the best deterrent to gun deaths, and not just children.
But he (and using the generic 'he,' could be a 'she') usually claims it is for self-defense and will learn to use it for such, even though such use is rare. If a person believes Obama is going to take him to a FEMA camp for not surrendering his 'liberty' to 'tyranny,' he thinks he knows better.
Both scenarios demonstrate an unwillingness to be interfered with in any way and they won't buy it.
OTOH, a responsible owner might go for a technical fix, but there is no way to make other gun owners do such things and I am guessing a responsible owner has taken other steps.
Who knows, an opportunity for the gun industry to make more money off of sales may get the NRA or GOA or the other types to approve this. They'll be given a rationale and buy the things, but I'm still betting those who have such accidents don't keep up on the latest safety measures.
Does that make any sense?
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