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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The process for getting handguns was very thorough. But now there is no process and you can't buy them. The article 8s 5 years old.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It wasn't thorough enough in my opinion, the testing was too easy, the rpal course didn't have nearly enough hands on. There are a bunch of ways the licensing process could be improved upon

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don’t know if they changed it, I think they did, but I just did rpal and it was very hands on.

We went through actually practicing safe storage, different locking mechanisms, cases, all major handgun actions, etc. There was a very strong focus on handling and storing them safely.

I will agree the tests weren’t super hard.

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

It might vary depend on where you were taught and resources available. My instructor had all sorts of types of firearms out and we had hands-on time with all of them; but we only talked about the storage requirements

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Sure but it's still only a few weekends long of a course, and there should be actual practical at the range