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It's generally good to have a barber that knows how to cut hair and can shave you with a razor without injuring you. Those aren't things that can be done by an unskilled person.

Furthermore, it would suck to find out your barber can't hack it by getting a bad haircut from them.

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And it sucks to get a bad meal at a restaurant, or poor quality customer service. So we have yelp and google reviews for businesses to try and avoid these situations. We don't need government licensing protect us from every having a bad experience with a business.

Liability should be motivation enough for any business to not let unskilled barbers handle a straight razor.

From the article:

"In Nevada, according to Politico, barbers need more than two years of training to qualify for a license; that’s a high bar to anyone looking to break into the business."

Is it possible that 2 years is a bit more than what's needed to achieve your desires? If so, if big enough, that additional requirement is "too much" rent seeking.

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