Licensed people are always ready to say "bad things will happen when someone unlicensed does something." Thats because they domt want them infringing on their business! Plenty of bad things happen from professional engineers. Becoming licensed doesnt change what you know they just charge you a fee to be able to use your knowledge. Its completely unamerican. Let the market decide who is good and who is bad. Trust me, people wll figure it out quick.

Professional organizations are ponzi schemes to keep the power in the hands of the few and limit competition. Its great if people want to demonstrate a high level of competence by becoming a "professional engineer" but its unamerica to prevent people from performing work without out certification. Essentially it makes people have to pay (through annual license fees and college "educations") just to be able to work....