Feb
02
2010
Guns and Cars – What if they were treated alike?
Posted by Admin (Mike) in Guns, Humor, tags: alike, cars, controlled, funny, Guns, list, treated
What if cars were controlled like guns are?
- You couldn’t own a vehicle with an automatic transmission. Everyone knows automatic transmissions are designed solely to make as many gearchanges as possible with a single shove of the gas pedal.
- You couldn’t sell your own car any more unless you were a licensed dealer. All car sales would have to go through Federally licensed dealers. And you couldn’t purchase a car or transfer the title via mail, either. If you bought a car for your wife, son or daughter, that would be termed a straw man purchase and you could go to jail.
- If you were convicted of any felony, or if you’d ever been involuntarily confined in a psychiatric care facility, you would never be allowed to own, operate or have access to a motor vehicle again, even someone else’s, unless you successfully petitioned a superior court for restoration of your driving right.
Lots more – HERE
What if guns were treated like cars?
- Congress would be debating alternative weapons systems for people who can’t afford their own guns.
- You could carry in any State at any time because carry and possession of your gun is honored nationwide and is considered a basic American civil right.
- You could kill and injure people with your gun while drunk and still have your lawyer get your gun back because you need it for work.
Lots more – HERE
Hat Tip: ShoulderThing
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Well, they kind of are. Think of the Prius as the taser of the automobile world. Don’t doubt it – Big Brother has his sights set on your cars.
I love these sorts of comparative lists. They come in handy when someone in favor of gun licensing spouts off that “you have to have license just to drive a car – why not license guns?”.
Hehe yea, then they get all frustrated because you hit them with a logical argument!
Overall, I really like both lists, but I’m going to take issue with several of the “what if cars were treated like guns” statements:
- “You couldn’t sell your own car any more unless you were a licensed dealer. All car sales would have to go through Federally licensed dealers.” – This isn’t the law for guns – face to face transactions are completely legal, just like with cars. Some antis want it to be the law, but it isn’t.
- “If you bought a car for your wife, son or daughter, that would be termed a straw man purchase and you could go to jail.” – Again, way off. First, a “straw man” is an argument or a scarecrow, not a kind of gun purchase. A “straw purchase” is a purchase on behalf of someone who cannot legally purchase a gun for themselves. It’s completely legal to buy a gun for another individual unless they can’t own a gun legally.
- “”If you were convicted of any felony, or if you’d ever been involuntarily confined in a psychiatric care facility, you would never be allowed to own, operate or have access to a motor vehicle again…” – This seems to imply that felons should retain their gun rights. I disagree, and believe that specifically violent felons should permanently lose their gun rights.
I agree, there are some flaws in the lists. I am not the original author of either one though, so I never made any changes.
I didn’t read #2 carefully enough before I picked it out. You’re completely right. I probably was thinking about the first point I added and just assumed the first part of the 2nd point also applied to automatic weapons.
As far as your point #3, I believe it is just implying that a felony disqualifies you from gun privileges, so why shouldn’t it be the same with cars.