Some Interesting Comparisons

                                             CARS          SCOOTERS             GUNS

Age limit to use                      16                  None                     None

License required                     Yes                 No                         No

Insurance required                  Yes                 No                         No

Training required                    Yes                 No                         No

Registration required              Yes                 No                         No

Lock included                          Yes                 No                         No

Marketed to children               No                 Yes                        Yes

Injuries per year                     2,300,000*       27,600****          70,000**

Deaths per year                      34,000***        2****                   32,000***

So we can regulate cars but not guns just because cars weren’t mentioned
in the Constitution?

Or is it that we regulate guns the same as scooters because they are
 equally dangerous?

For some thoughts on how to combat gun violence see my previous post.

* http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/index.html

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States

*** http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/injury.htm

**** http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4949a2.htm