It would happen a lot more with guns (keep at home, shoot at private shooting ranges), if only NYC treated guns like cars.
Frankly, I've had to show one whenever I bought a car.
Maybe they wanted your license for the ID value because of a loan (did you pay cash?) or business contract related reason. (There are 50 states and each could have it own laws but typically you can own a car without having a license to drive it on public streets.) Heck, you could even race NASCAR without a driver license as far as the government is concerned.
The "lets treat guns like cars" lie comes out of hardcore anti-gun talking points which is maybe why it rubs people who follow the gun issue the wrong way but why you don't have the same reaction.
Well, I certainly have no problem with gun ownership. It's not the primary issue I follow, so I don't know all the ins and outs of it. Those who think guns will be taken away just seem rather paranoid at times, to me. Some seem to believe that gun owners will have to physically defend themselves from their own government, and the few instances I've seen of people trying it don't end well, in any case.
Thanks for your input.