If We Regulated Guns and Shooters Like Cars and Drivers
I replied to a fellow who thinks we should regulate guns and gun owners like cars and drivers. As in vastly increasing regulation. My response:
I'm in favor of regulating guns, ammo, and accessories like cars and drivers.
If we did, there would be no federal or state license required to manufacture or deal guns or ammo.
A simple written and practical test would get everyone 16 or over a license to operate aka carry in public, and that license would be good in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. No license or permission would be required to acquire a gun, whether one was a licensed user or not, nor would a user's license be required to operate a gun on private property.
One could transport an unloaded gun on public streets without a license, just as one can trailer or tow a car. No registration or fees would be levied on guns as long as they were kept on private property, or transported unloaded on public property.
If ammunition was for use on private property, there would be no excise tax, just as there is none on agricultural use of gasoline.
There would be no taxes or background checks or prohibitions of fully automatic weapons, just as there are none on fully automatic transmissions.
There would be no prohibition of gun types or calibers, just as there are none on engines sizes. There would be no regulation or prohibition of large capacity magazines, as there are none in gas tanks.
There would be no taxes other than standard sales taxes, nor background checks, nor prohibitions of mufflers aka sound suppressors aka silencers.
With a license to carry aka operate in public and a credit card, anyone could walk into a gun rental company and walk out with any gun she pleased and operate that gun in public.
Getting a gun operators license would be a rite of passage for the vast majority of teenagers.
People would need no licenses to make their own guns, even if they planned to sell them.
So yeah: I agree with you. We should regulate guns and gunners like cars and drivers.
I'm in favor of regulating guns, ammo, and accessories like cars and drivers.
If we did, there would be no federal or state license required to manufacture or deal guns or ammo.
A simple written and practical test would get everyone 16 or over a license to operate aka carry in public, and that license would be good in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. No license or permission would be required to acquire a gun, whether one was a licensed user or not, nor would a user's license be required to operate a gun on private property.
One could transport an unloaded gun on public streets without a license, just as one can trailer or tow a car. No registration or fees would be levied on guns as long as they were kept on private property, or transported unloaded on public property.
If ammunition was for use on private property, there would be no excise tax, just as there is none on agricultural use of gasoline.
There would be no taxes or background checks or prohibitions of fully automatic weapons, just as there are none on fully automatic transmissions.
There would be no prohibition of gun types or calibers, just as there are none on engines sizes. There would be no regulation or prohibition of large capacity magazines, as there are none in gas tanks.
There would be no taxes other than standard sales taxes, nor background checks, nor prohibitions of mufflers aka sound suppressors aka silencers.
With a license to carry aka operate in public and a credit card, anyone could walk into a gun rental company and walk out with any gun she pleased and operate that gun in public.
Getting a gun operators license would be a rite of passage for the vast majority of teenagers.
People would need no licenses to make their own guns, even if they planned to sell them.
So yeah: I agree with you. We should regulate guns and gunners like cars and drivers.
Labels: gun control, laws, politics, self-defense, shooting
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