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Your driving analogy doesn't really work: All drivers have had many hours of training, regular re-licencing, eye tests, enforcement, infraction record keeping and liabity insurance
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Without delving into the general discussion, this breakdown of the analogy is incorrect. Not all drivers have hours of training, just like CCW the requirements for a drivers license vary widely from state to state, from show up take a written test over and over until you pass and drive without crashing, to mandated training. Renewals, also follows similar requirements on similar time frames, eye tests are largely irrelevant, being tested once every 4 to 5 years speaks nothing to whether the persons eyes changed over that period or if they ever use their corrective lenses outside of when the test occurs. Enforcement and records are just the same, get caught driving poorly or using a gun inappropriately, it gets enforced and recorded. Insurance, an employer has no control over or ability to determine whether a driver is actually insured except in limited cases where it might be requisite for the job, ie delivery driver (and if all drivers had insurance, I sure as heck wouldn't be paying for uninsured motorist coverage
). Other safety standards, I can drive a ford model T or a busted pinto down the road which meet none of the modern safety standards, just as someone could use an old firearm that has none of the current safety implementations.