So sayeth the government, but they also say that gun ownership is a privilege (Guiliani, Clinton, etc.). Basically according to the bureaucrats, they'd like to get you into their mindset that anything not mandatory is forbidden so we cann all be good little peasants and follow our masters' will without question.
No, so sayeth the law. Driving is a privellege that can be revoked for breaking certain driving laws or otherwise becoming inelegible. Too many people look at the Government as trying to stomp on their right, when, as in the case of driving laws, they are providing for the safety of all on the road.