Reply #11: The constitution allows us to pass laws against reckless endangerment. [View All]

The constitution may not protect us from peoples stupidity, but it does allow us to pass laws that facilitate prosecution of people who commit stupid acts.

Many states have laws that require safe storage and handling of firearms. But training does not equal safe, as you imply. I have a right to be stupid and dense. This is the contradiction in the firearm safety training requirement that is part of the licensing process in many states.

There may be a law that requires me to store my gun properly, but I am stupid and dense, so it's ok that I leave a loaded .38 laying around where people can pick it up and shoot each other.

My point is simply this, stupid act or not, you are liable and open to prosecution. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.