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[mercuryblues]

13. Ok, let's treat guns, like cars then.

At 16, you are allowed to get a license to drive a car. In order to do that, you are required to have a permit for 6 months. During that time you are only allowed to drive, under adult supervision. You are required to drive x amount of hours, and have an adult sign off that yes indeed they accomplished that. The next step is to go to a driving school for formal instruction. At all driving schools they have a drunk driving class. For the purpose of gun ownership this can be a mass shooting class, showing the carnage a gun can do to a person.

Next step is taking a written exam and driving exam at MVD. If you fail, you start all over again.

If you pass, you get your license. Most likely you will be driving a car in your parents name and insured by them. When a teen driver is added to the policy, it jumps up. If the kid gets a ticket, it skyrockets. But in the case of gun permits, it should be if the person misuses it or "accidentally" fires it, shoots someone, the license is revoked. If the violation is serious enough, you get arrested and have a trial.

If you have a medical problem that is considered to dangerous to drive a car, you can't get a license.

Every 2 years it has to be renewed. Every year your insurance policy has to be renewed. If there are points against your license, your premium skyrockets. Sometimes to the point of not being able to afford insurance. By law, you must have insurance to drive. You see if you can not follow these simple rules, you are deemed too irresponsible to drive a car and the license is taken away.

Cars and car safety are regulated by the government. Think seatbelt laws, broken tail lights, MPG's, tires, how fast they can go, and more.

I say if they want to make the comparison, let them. We regulate cars and driving them more than guns.