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As a license holder I'm well aware of all that. You typically only need a license to carry concealed. At least in my state, open carry is legal almost everywhere and requires nothing. It's those people that need the training.
The real way to do it is require a license, along with recurring training requirements, to BUY and own gun, not just carry one. But the NRA and the politicians they own have a shit fit over any reasonable barrier to gun ownership. They are perfectly ok with sacrificing school children over the issue.
I'm from Texas, where they removed most licensing requirements and it's idiotic. You still need one to carry on a college campus and certain other state-owned facilities, but it's mostly a free-for-all.
I still keep my License to Carry up to date because I think I should have to maintain a license. It also let's me skip the security line in some state facilities (including the Capitol) where license holders can carry.
I used to also shoot weekly during lunch break at nearby range too to keep my skills up. Now I only go a few times a year because a buying a case of 9mm just about requires taking out a second mortgage. I also rarely carry, since in business casual it's hard to conceal anything but a pocket 380, and I'm so bad with my LCP I'd have trouble shooting my car while sitting inside it.