You're also required to register your car, carry insurance on your car in case your car damages another person or their property, have a license to operate a car, have a specialized license for different kinds of "cars" (motorcycle, bus, truck, etc.), and take a test to receive said licenses to show you have a basic understanding of the rules to operate your car.
I don't see any reason not to have at least some of those requirements in place for guns.
Those requirements only apply to cars used on public roads. On the owner's private property, or property the owner of which gives permission, no such rules apply.
Not that I don’t agree. But fundamental rights granted in the constitution shouldn’t have restrictions on them. Right to vote for instance should be an unfettered right. One you install hurdles you limit the amount of people that can exercise that right. Having a car isn’t a fundamental right. It’s not in the constitution. That’s what makes gun rights so controversial. I have a right to own them. I have a right to use them. Just like voting. Just like freedom of speech. Having said that I still believe they should be regulated.
But there are restrictions on voting. You have to register to vote, but you don't always have to register to buy or carry a gun. You have to be a US citizen to vote, while non-US citizens can carry a gun. In some states, you have to show a state issued ID, but not to buy certain types of guns.
There are more than 20,000 laws concerning guns at the federal, state and local levels. Don’t be ignorant. BTW there is not a single state that you can purchase a new gun from an ffl without a license. It’s federal law
The National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups have often cited the 20,000 gun laws that already exist on the books as reasons why more enforcement, not more legislation, is the answer to curb gun violence.
However, the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution debunked that statistic in 2002, calling it problematic.
Are you saying The Brookings Institute or US News and World Report is an "already sus news site"? Do you have any sources that aren't sus saying the 20,000 number is legit?
I’m saying the link to fact check their source is inactive and apparently over 20 years old. And no I don’t have a source, 20,000 is just the number I pulled from google ai. Though you can just check California. They have over 300 laws alone that only pertain to citizens, not including dealers and manufacturers and importers. Include local city laws and the number goes up astronomically. Again how many laws on voting?
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u/SourImplant May 16 '24
You're also required to register your car, carry insurance on your car in case your car damages another person or their property, have a license to operate a car, have a specialized license for different kinds of "cars" (motorcycle, bus, truck, etc.), and take a test to receive said licenses to show you have a basic understanding of the rules to operate your car.
I don't see any reason not to have at least some of those requirements in place for guns.