In some remote areas in Australia, like, say, Mt Isa, in North-West Queensland, you could go into the local police station and the local sergeant would come out to your car and say, "Okay, you got your learner's permit?" "Yes." "Okay, turn on your right hand indicator. Fine. Now, your left. Put your foot on the brake. Fine. Sound your horn. Fine" And get in the car beside you and say, "Okay, drive around the block. Yeah, okay. You can drive." And give you your licence. In Mt Isa, that's fine, but if you went into the city, you could be overwhelmed and accidents can occur. And some people, up until a few decades ago, would be working or attending school in Brisbane or Sydney, and either take a day off, or during their holidays, would go up to Mt Isa or Bourke, NSW, and sit the test there and it would be easy. AT the time your Dad was a young guy, not a lot of people had cars, so the danger was less, but today, there are families with two or three cars. I favour a gun system whereby, you go into the police station and you apply for a permit. The police then do a criminal check and if you pass, they give you a form and say, "Take this to your primary health physician and get them to fill out this section and bring it back to us." Then, if you pass, you are given a permit, and you have to do a full safety course and weapons handling and everything. Then, you have to have an inspection of where the gun will be stored when not in use. Then, you go to the gun range with an examiner and you have to pass a written and a practical test and THEN you can be issued with a licence. And let's not forget, even if you join the police force, you're not going to have an academy person say, "Well done, Officer So-and-So. Now, you can do whatever you like." You have to pass revolver competency tests and if you want to be in the more specialised area, and handle more specialised weapons, the Chief is not going to say, "Oh, you want to handle a sniper rifle in a siege? Sure, Officer So-and-So, there's one out the back in the safe. Help yourself." You have to undergo specialised training in how to use it, so the same principle should apply to civilians. I know some say, guns don't kill people people kill people, and that's true, but careless handling of weapons (i.e not putting the safety catch on) kills just as many people as mass-shootings, just in smaller numbers per event.