I have often heard the antis bleating that "we register cars, why not guns", and it might

surprise people to know that I'm perfectly willing to go the "license and register guns just like cars" route. Under this R !"#$ plan, gun safety and handling courses will be available to all students $% and over in the public schools, and kids will be encouraged to take #arrier's !d. &lso when they turn $% they will be eligible for their learner's carry permit which will allow them to carry concealed as long as they are under the supervision of a licensed adult. 'arents will be especially happy because when their kids take the class (om and )ad's will get a break on their homeowner's insurance premiums. &nd a natural spin*off of the R !"# system will be that schools and employers will routinely provide convenient, safe, free gun storage for students and employees just as they do now for cars with parking lots. +e will develop a new rite of passage for teens, when someone turns $- they will go right down to the .tate )epartment of /uns and &mmo to get their license to carry. 0hey'll take the written and practical tests and, regardless of whether they took #arrier s !d, if they pass the tests 1and about 234 of teens will pass on their first or second attempt5 they ll pay their fee 1673 8 6%375 and get their license on the spot. +hen the happy teen presents )ad with their new license he will, with a certain amount of ceremony, pull his carry piece out of its holster and hand it over saying 9:ere, you can protect us on the way home.; 0he proud new carrier might even stop at the gun store and buy their first carry gun. :eck, if (om and )ad can afford it some kids will get their first weapon as a $-th birthday present. <f course this also means that a permit to carry will be valid in every state of the Union and mala prohibita restrictions on possession and carrying 1ammo restrictions, places off* limits, maga=ine capacity limits, etc.5 must be clearly posted throughout the jurisdiction just as speed limit and stop signs are now. In the event that you do wind up with a violation it can almost always be dealt with by paying a relatively small fine 1either by mail or in person5 and will not involve losing the weapon. "ikewise a cop can't just arbitrarily stop you and ask to see your license, absent an underlying visible violation. 0he new R !"# scheme will be a boon to entrepreneurs who will be able to invent, manufacture and>or sell any sort of gun or accessory they think customers will buy. 0here will be no local, state or federal agency that can come in and arbitrarily shut a dealer down because someone suddenly decided that their product no longer has a 9sporting purpose; or because when filling out a form a customer put '?' instead of '?es'. In fact, there won't be any legal re@uirement to maintain any sort of records at all. +ith the R !"# plan anyone, even a convicted felon who just got out of .ing*.ing, can walk into a gun dealer, plunk down cash and walk out with any gun they want, no @uestions asked 1besides name and address for the registration5. Registration fees will be minimal 1no more than $4 of the weapon's value5 and will be used to build, maintain and
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upgrade public shooting ranges that will be widely available and free to use. <f course if you are only going to be using the weapon on private property you don't need to register them at all and they don't need to be 9street legal;, meaning silencers, machine guns, mortars, ba=ookas, R'/s, (&B'&). etc. are &*<k. .ure, I'm willing to go that route. Is the Crady #ampaignD