Better watch out then. YOU MIGHT BE NEXT! *ominous music plays*
Let us assume that not everyone in society are the women in the two examples...
A guy has an M4 "pistol" tucked into his underwear because "constitutional carry"; not even a holster is needed because it's "infringing" on his right to carry. He sits down in Ala Moana food court. A 3 round burst goes off in his He Man underwear because a key from his keyring managed to get inside the trigger guard, killing 6 people, including himself.
For every woman in your specific scenario, I have created one of these men (1.2% of firearms related deaths). Tell me why there can't possibly be anything in between?
Edit: I think I'm good for a while. Now people are assuming I have to be Kit N Gun or "Darren", who I assume is related to Kit N Gun, because I'm disagreeing with their posts. For the record, I don't think I've met either of those people, and if I did, it was complete happenstance. My posts here are nothing but my own thoughts and they are not in "support" of any other entity. I shouldn't be surprised by this behavior really, especially since some of the earlier posts appears to be making fun of Kit's accent. Hilarious, disappointing, and juvenile to say the least.
Okay, I'll play along ...
What kind of training must I take in order for that other guy who:
"has an M4 "pistol" tucked into his underwear because "constitutional carry";
not even a holster is needed because it's "infringing" on his right to carry.
He sits down in Ala Moana food court. A 3 round burst goes off in his He Man
underwear because a key from his keyring managed to get inside the trigger
guard, killing 6 people, including himself. "to change his ways?
What you are describing can happen regardless of mandated training requirements, testing and mental evals. That type of person will buy a firearm -- legally after jumping through all the hoops, or illegally -- and still have the same level of respect for firearms you "created."
Training is not a solution for poor judgement or immature attitudes. In the scope of this discussion, training is a panacea for the anti-gun crowd and the government, so they don't have to admit their former unconstitutional laws and rules have actually done nothing for public safety.
Think about it. if I sell you a plastic bracelet with the promise that as long as you wear it, nothing bad will befall you. Then one day you forget to wear it, and nothing bad happens to you. One week later, however, you're the victim of a home invasion -- beaten, robbed and your wife raped. Then you realize you were wearing your lucky bracelet. How could such a bad thing have happened to you? and, why didn't this happen when you weren't wearing it?
That's when you realize the promises were all BS, that I didn't have the power to protect you, and you were a fool to part with your money believing the BS I fed you.
That's exactly how government approaches gun control. Every single new hurdle to gun ownership, use, and carrying is always, without fail, pronounced a new and better way to make the people, our children, schools, communities, state, homes, families, etc., etc. safer.
If you actually take time to read the bills/laws, look at the problems they say they address in them, and logically work out how that law solves anything close to those problems, you'll be just as pissed off after realizing you've been placing your faith and safety in a plastic bracelet.
For every law you THINK makes us safer, you should research how many other places don't have that law -- and whether all those places have more or fewer gun-related deaths, murders, muggings, rapes and/or other crimes of violence. You'll soon learn the truth. There's no solution for any of that. There are ways to reduce crime, but none of it will be "solved."
If HI adopts an assault weapons ban, as some other states have done, look at the rate of crime in all other cities as they relate to criminals using assault weapons. What you'll find is there really isn't a problem with that specific weapon. The anti-gunners simply target it because it's (1) in common use -- most owned semi-auto rifle in the US, and (2) most people who know nothing about guns are easily scared when lied to about them being "weapons of war," "high powered" and "are a bad choice for self-/home-defense."
If they can ban the one firearm most people own, they can mark it down as a huge victory for gun control. No different than the 1970s and 1980s when they were calling to ban all semi-auto handguns ("nobody but criminals have a need for those").
Funny how you said you agreed with Kit, but then Kit changed from his testimony and now magically believes the training SHOULD NOT BE MANDATED BY THE STATE.
So, is that still the answer you're going with? What Kit said in testimony, or have you also changed your mind and now agree with his interview?