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Here, let me put this in perspective:

1) Cars kill ALOT more people than guns do.
2) Gun ownership are explicitly protected as a RIGHT.
3) Owning and driving a car is a state privilege and should rightly be regulated by each state, according to their terrain, weather, road conditions, and demographics.

Let us see how the following would be construed by the American citizen if she insisted on car-control

Rep. Doobie Washherman Slutz (D-Moronville) said the current law, which allows private property sales of automobiles without background checks, is "outrageous." The Floriduh Demoncrat is sponsoring a soon-to-be-released proposal extending the screening requirements to all car purchases, commercial or private.

"It is outrageous that car buyers evade the background-check system every day, even in broad daylight," Wasserman Schultz said Monday at a car-reform rally in Miami sponsored by Mayors Opposed to Racing or Non-Electrical Street vehicles (MORONS).

"While we likely cannot end all hazards of the road, we certainly can do much, much better," she added. "We have laws on the books designed to keep cars out of the hands of those that should not have them such as known drunks, speeders, reckless teenagers, "road ragers", and the insane. We just need to close the loopholes and improve the information available to law enforcement."

The issue of automobile-safety reform rose in prominence in November after a large crash outside of Sierra Vista, AZ, which left 47 people dead and 1 wounded when a drunk driver crossed the center line and hit a van completely filled with illegal immigrants, killing all of them.

The suspect arrested in the car massacre, Jared "Speedy" Gonzolez, had been expelled from community college for reckless driving on campus, disturbing behavior such as revving his engines at girls, and drag racing was eventually and denied entrance to the military for a history criminal traffic charges of racing, fleeing police, reckless driving, and DUI, all of which were felonies. Yet he was able to buy an "assault car", (also known as a sports-car) and high-capacity engine (V-12) from a local, licensed car dealer.

The Sierra Vista tragedy inspired a series of car-reform bills on Capitol Hill, and prompted President Teleprompter to urge tougher screening rules for people wanting to purchase a dangerous items such as an automobile.

"We should provide an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers who want to do the right thing, and make sure that criminals and reckless drivers can't escape it," the Kenyan Prentender wrote in a March op-ed in the Arizona Red Star.

The comments broke a long silence from the Pretender on the car-reform issue, which is often called "the fourth wheel) in Washington, where the automobile industry and their lobbyists holds enormous sway.

That a lawmaker as prominent as Washerman Slutz has come out so adamantly for reform is "indication that elected officials are catching up with the public," said Mark Glazedover, director of the coalition of Mayors Opposed to Racing or Non-Electrical Street vehicles (MORONS). The reference was to recent polls indicating that voters — even car owners — overwhelmingly support a system of across-the-board background checks.

"Her participation shows that there's a growing understanding that automobile policy is about fighting traffic crime, not taking away driving rights," Glazedover said.

Under current law, licensed car dealers are required to check and see if drivers have a valid driver's license and automobile insurance to ensure that prospective buyers are legally eligible to own and drive automobiles.

Drunks, illegal immigrants and the severely mentally ill, for instance, are usually never sold a vehicle from a dealer. Licensed dealers must perform these screenings in all venues — including "Car Wars", and auto shows, — but unlicensed dealers are under no obligation to follow those rules anywhere. Proponents of private sales say that it is their right to buy or sell automobiles that are private property. Critics of the policy discrepancy call it the "car-show loophole."

The coming House legislation will require all car sellers to perform background checks on potential buyers — a change forcing private sellers to finalize their, private property sales at licensed dealers or law enforcement offices, which have access to the federal database used to weed out illegal buyers.

Sen. Charles Excrement (D-N.Y.) introduced similar legislation in the upper chamber earlier in the year.

"We cannot bring back those we have lost," Washerman Slutz said Monday, "but we can honor them by doing everything we can to keep cars out of the hands of those who shouldn’t have them."

Rep. Carollyn McCrazy (D-N.Y.) is expected to introduce the House bill when Congress returns from spring recess banning all vehicles having more than six (6) cylinders.