Reply #151: Ah, but the laws are more similar than you appear to think...

[benEzra]

Besides, like another poster suggested, if you gun freaks (who apparently value the second amendment before any others, may I suggest relocating to Free Republic?) treated cars and driving the way you treated your precious firearms:

No one would need a drivers' license
No car would need registration
License plates would be illegal
Speed limits and traffic laws would not exist.

You only need a drivers' license to operate a car in public--just like you need a carry license to carry a firearm in public. You don't need a license to own a car, to operate it on private property, or to transport it to a race track--just like a firearm.

Ditto for registration.

All guns DO have "license plates" (serial number unique to the firearm). That's Federal law, and defacing the serial number is a Federal felony.

There ARE speed limits for guns. All guns capable of automatic fire are very tightly controlled by the Title 2/Class III provisions of the National Firearms Act, which I'm not convinced you're familiar with.

And as far as traffic laws (which govern how cars may be operated on public roads), there are analogous, and far more stringent, laws regarding how firearms may be operated in public. I'm not sure what state you live in, but here are NC's, where I live:

North Carolina Firearms Laws