Christian Traina writes:

My mother was trying to make a case for gun laws based on vehicular laws. Here was my response.

1- The private sale of a vehicle does not have to be reported to the state

2- A motor vehicle sale does not require a criminal background check

3- There is no limit to the capacity of horsepower a vehicle may have

4- A person can legally own a vehicle at any age

5- A vehicle can be operated in public as early as 16

6- There is no waiting period to buy a car

7- You can buy as many cars you want in a month

8- Students are allowed to bring their cars to school

9- There are no “car free zones”

10- Politicians do not create laws that ban the legal ownership of specific models of cars

11- Politicians do not ban cosmetic features on cars

12- Politicians do not regulate how much gas you can put in your car

13- People diagnosed with a mental illness can buy a car

14- People diagnosed with a mental illness can drive a car

15- People with a criminal record can buy a car

16- People with a criminal record can drive a car

17- Mayor Bloomberg does not require you ask him permission to use a car in NYC

18- Rahm Emmanuel does not advise banks to blackmail car manufacturers

19- It does not take 3 months to begin driving once you have passed your test

20- Children are allowed to bring toy cars to school

21- Schools do not suspend students for making driving gestures with their hands

20- You are not required to provide your fingerprints upon acquiring your drivers license

23- You can make any alteration to your vehicle without having to get approval from the ATF

24- You don’t have to go through the ATF to get a muffler for your car

25- A drivers license will permit you to drive anywhere on the continent (even NYC)

26- No restrictions for “high capacity fuel tanks”

27- The media has not assigned a “behavior type” to certain vehicles in hopes of turning public favor against them

28- You are not required to lock up your car by law

29- MSNBC does not edit video to make drivers look like criminals

30- Vehicular laws do not violate my constitutional rights

31- Obama does not advise doctors to ask patients if they own a car

32- When there is a terrible drunk driving accident, congress does not pass laws on the size of rims you can have

33- No one correlates strict driving laws with vehicular deaths

34- No one complains that a car involved in vehicular homicide came from out of state

35- The government does not prevent civilians to own vehicles as it contracts thousands for itself

36- San Diego Police are not proposing a plan to end civilian driving in a generation

37- The media actually owns cars, and are capable of speaking factually about them

38- Politicians actually own cars, and are capable of speaking factually about them

39- Cars don’t kill people, drivers kill people

40- You can buy a car “just for fun”