Actually, after thinking more about it, I'm OK with requiring some sort of safety course for new handgun purchasers. Come on, admit it - guns are at least as dangerous as cars. Times have changed - it used to be that your dad would take you out and show you how to shoot. Nowadays, any 21 year old can decide to get a handgun, and walk into a gun shop and buy one, without having had any kind of instruction on gun safety or on his state's gun laws. I've seen noobs handle pistols, and it scared the crap out of me. Unless they are taught differently, their fingers go straight for the trigger. But make the instruction reasonable - you can teach everything someone needs to know in 4 hours. Doesn't have to be a whole weekend. And make it affordable - $25, max. And make anyone who has a valid CCW from any state exempt - they've already had their training. I used to be a noob, and benefitted greatly from my CCW class.
There are what the Brady Bunch calls "common sense gun laws," and then there are truly common sense gun laws.