If Vehicles Were Treated Like Firearms
Just think what life would be like if automobiles were treated like firearms.
- You could not purchase a long vehicle until you were at least 18. In some states you would only be able to purchase ANY vehicle after your 21st birthday.
- You could only obtain a short vehicle after your 21st birthday.
- The military would train young folks to use vehicles that they would not be allowed to use in civilian life.
- The military would send young people overseas to use vehicles they were prohibited to own at home.
- In some states you would be subject to up to a fifteen day waiting period between time of purchase and the day you could take your vehicle home.
- In some states you would only be able to purchase one vehicle per month.
- In some states you would not be able to obtain military style vehicles – even if the military features were only cosmetic, not functional.
- Automatic vehicles would be subject to a federal tax, extensive background check of the purchaser and you would have to advise the proper authorities prior to transporting them over state lines.
- Automatic vehicles would be illegal to own in many states.
- Mufflers for your vehicle would be illegal in many states.
- Mufflers for your vehicle would be subject to a federal tax, extensive background check of the purchaser and individual serial numbering.
- Possessing a vehicle fitted so that a muffler could be installed would be prohibited in many areas – even if you did not possess a muffler for the vehicle.
- A Federal Bureau of Automobiles would be able to drop in and examine manufacturer and dealer records and could arbitrarily shut down the dealer or manufacturer for any violation (intentional or unintentional) of the federal or local vehicle paperwork requirements.
- In order to be a vehicle dealer (buying and selling any number of vehicles for profit would constitute being a dealer) you would have to apply for a Federal Vehicle Dealer License.
- Congress would constantly be seeking ways to “shut the car show loophole” to prevent Mexican drug cartels from obtaining vehicles on the black market.
- Every time a vehicle was used to commit a crime the Brady Campaign To End Vehicle Violence would call on congress to enact further restrictions on law-abiding vehicle owners.
- Each and every vehicle would have to be accounted for through every step of manufacturing and a federal excise tax would be collected from manufacturers of vehicles and fuel.
- Manufacturing a vehicle without the special vehicle manufacturer license would be a felony.
- Modifying a vehicle from manual to automatic would be a felony.
- Possessing the parts necessary for modifying a vehicle to automatic would be a felony – even if no modification to the vehicles in possession had been done.
- People would be scandalized to find out that you owned an automatic vehicle – even if all the paperwork, taxes, fees and such were in order.
- Preachers would speak from the pulpit about the evils of vehicles and condemn anyone who owned one as a “violent criminal” – no matter how peaceful the person might be and no matter that the vehicle in question had never been used in a crime.
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