Stevendedalus, it's not like you can make them pay for it before it happens. And it's also not like someone can be assaulted etc only once.
Ideally, what I would like to see is a bare minimum of costs (or none at all) for basic handgun training and NO costs to acquire a firearm beyond the cost to buy (no "fees" or taxes to buy a firearm). What I'd REALLY like to see is a system like Vermont's, where the government gets out of the business of regulating firearms at all.
