That's all fair, but do you have a problem with requiring some demonstration of minimal capability before granting people licenses to drive on public roads?
The kind of people who are OK leaving lead to leach into the groundwater are the same kind of people who like to poop in a river upstream of their camp.
Where have you been the last two years? Guns aside, DC has done nothing to make it worth driving through except to save some mileage. More traffic cameras (read: $$$), lower speed limits (see: traffic cameras), doing stupid schitt like making red lights and stop signs optional for cyclists...
This is the major issue. If someone offered an online class that was broken down into 1-4 hour chunks, that would go a long way toward making it more convenient to take the class (OTOH, TPTB probably don't want it to be more convenient). No clue if that's legal or not, and obvs there would...