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Keyes said he supports a system in which guns would be treated similarly to automobiles, with people being required to undergo different levels of training before they would be allowed to own and carry various sorts of weapons.

Thank God!

This means that anyone, without regard to age, competency, qualifications or permission, will be allowed to:

1. Buy any firearm they want, at any age (if they can afford it).
2. Have any firearm they can imagine manufactured for them.
3. Do so anonymously.
4. Have the right to shoot said firearm on any private property.
5. No restrictions on how the firearm is transported or carried, even non public property.
6. Licensing of the firearm and user only if is to be operated (fired) at a taxpayer funded shooting range.
7. No federal involvement of any kind, except for safety standardization of taxpayer funded shooting ranges.

No, actually it means that gun ownership would be decided on the whims of the government - just like car ownership. Owning and driving a car is not a right - it's a privilege. So, it makes sense that the government can make all these requirements for training, testing, insurance, etc... before they ALLOW you to own and drive a car.

That's what Keyes wants for Gun Ownership - if you want to own one, you have to jump through all kinds of government-mandated hoops before they ALLOW you to exercise a constiutional right...

Something about that bothers me, as it should bother any 2nd amendment supporter...

(Still Alan Keyes is better than Obama, but I have a disagreement with Keyes on this issue with regards to "licensing guns like cars")