Non Ownership Of Motor Vehicle Affidavit Texas: Fill & Download for Free

Military families have a long checklist of things to do when going through a PCS move. One of those tasks is vehicle registration.Rules and fees for vehicle registration vary by state. Some states don’t require vehicle registration if you’re on military orders, in some states military members are exempt from registration fees, and some states offer special consideration to veterans, such as discounts on registration or license plates.A quick note before you register your vehicle in your new state. Most states require insurance and many will require proof of insurance before you even register your vehicle. If you've moved, your insurance rates will change and your carrier may not offer coverage in your new state.What is the Law for Military Vehicles?The law and regulations that apply to your military vehicle may not be all that clear to the state Department of Motor Vehicles employees. Your situation may be unique in their experience. Don't get into an arguement, but if they are trying to put some unreasonable requirement on you ask them to show you the applicable statute or regulation. Don't accept just a statute number, actually look at the text. It may not say what they think it says. Have with you a copy of the relevant law; you can get these from your state Internet web site or at your library or bookstore. For example, in California you can buy the Motor Vehicle Code in an inexpensive paperback book. Be polite but firm; ask them to explain to you how the law applies to your vehicle. Don't accept some half-ass explanation. Keep saying, "I don't see how that applies to this vehicle". Ask to talk to the Supervisor, Office Manager and up the line. Expect to wait them out.AlabamaMilitary members stationed in Alabama but who aren't residents of Alabama don't have to register their vehicles with the Alabama Motor Vehicles Division as long as they have a current registration in their home state and valid insurance. Military members who are Alabama residents have the same registration process as civilians.AlaskaAs a non-resident you are not required to transfer your title or registration to Alaska. You may retain the registration in the state you are a resident of, according to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).If you are an Alaskan resident military member stationed outside Alaska, you can renew your vehicle registration in Alaska by mail. Your LES must show Alaska as your home of record.ArizonaActive-duty military personnel stationed in Arizona who are not Arizona residents are exempt from paying the vehicle license tax portion of the annual vehicle registration.When the nonresident service member is assigned overseas and the spouse or dependent must remain in Arizona, the exemption still applies if the nonresident service person was on military assignment in Arizona at the time the overseas orders were issued.Arizona residents who are stationed out-of-state can renew their license online or by mail.Residents can get a one year Special Military Exemption from the payment of vehicle license tax and registration fees. It is available one time per deployment and may be applied for during the time period between the date of deployment until one year after the deployment ends or the member is released from duty. This exemption applies to no more than two vehicles, and each vehicle requires a separate form.ArkansasIf Arkansas is not your home of record you are exempt from assessment and personal property taxes. You must provide a copy of your leave and earnings statement for verification of your home of record and, therefore, cannot renew by phone or internet.For military personnel whose home of record is Arkansas, the requirements are the same as for an Arkansas resident, regardless of where you are stationed.CaliforniaIf you are a nonresident member of the military stationed in California, you can drive a vehicle as long as your out-of-state license remains valid and you're insured.As a California resident, you're eligible for a waiver of the late fee if you're deployed and your registration expires. (Training doesn't count.)ColoradoIf you are stationed in Colorado but a resident of another state, you can register your vehicle without paying ownership tax by completing this Nonresidence and Military Service Exemption From Specific Ownership Tax Affidavit (Form DR 2667) and taking it to your county title and registration office.If you are a Colorado resident stationed out-of-state you may apply for an extension for up to three years by mail. If you have a CDL your license is automatically extended for up to 3 years per Colorado Revised Statute 42-2-118(2) as long as a military ID or military orders are presented with the license.DelawareTo renew a vehicle registration when stationed outside of Delaware, you need to contact the state’s Registration Correspondence Section for an Out-of-State Inspection Packet to be mailed to you provided you are outside a 250 mile radius of a DMV location in Delaware. The packet consists of a safety inspection checklist and an emission test requirements.You can renew your license through the mail if stationed out-of-state.FloridaMilitary members who are both Florida residents and non-residents and are stationed in Florida on military orders are exempt from the $225 initial registration fee on a motor vehicle.HawaiiYou can either keep your home state’s registration or switch to Hawaii’s registration. If you choose to stay with your home state, you will be exempt from the annual weight tax and any excise taxes in Hawaii, but you’ll need to have a vehicle safety inspection.IdahoThere are no provisions in Idaho statute allowing the extension of vehicle registrations for military personnel, so check the expiration date of your vehicles before you deploy or move out of state. You can renew Idaho vehicle registrations from overseas or out of state online.IllinoisMilitary members on active duty outside Illinois, as well as their spouses and children, may drive with an expired license for up to 120 days after their return to the state. A Military Deferral Certificate(s) must be carried with your expired Illinois driver's license. Certificates are available at no charge and may be mailed to your out-of-state address.Vehicle registrations can be renewed online.IndianaIndiana law provides that the driver’s license of any Indiana resident in the military or their dependents remains valid for ninety days after discharge or post-deployment regardless of the expiration date of the license. You may renew your driver's license online if your name and residential address have remained the same since the last time you received a license and your last renewal was in a BMV license branch and you do not have a J restriction or any 2-9 restrictions.If you are a member of the military from another state who is stationed in Indiana, you may renew your vehicle registrations in Indiana.IowaIowa residents in the military must pay the same registration fees that apply to other residents when registering a vehicle in this state. A nonresident member of the military is not required to register a vehicle in Iowa, providing the vehicle is properly registered in the state of residency. A nonresident can register a vehicle in Iowa, if desired, in the same manner as any nonresident..KansasService members stationed outside of Kansas can renew vehicle registration online.KentuckyYou can renew your vehicle registration through the mail with your resident County Clerk's office or online.LouisianaService members registering vehicles in Louisiana, follow the same registration process as permanent residents.MaineYou can renew your registration and license online. You may be eligible for a waiver of the state excise tax if you are a non-resident stationed in Maine.MarylandIf you’re a service member not establishing residency because you are only temporarily stationed in Maryland, you do not need to register your vehicle if it is currently registered in your state of residence If you are establishing residency in Maryland you must title and register your vehicle within one year of moving to Maryland.Maryland residents who buy a used vehicle while stationed outside of Maryland can complete a form to temporarily register their vehicle in Maryland without the safety Inspection. The vehicle must be immediately inspected upon return to Maryland. The military personnel inspection waiver is valid for two years and may be renewed if necessary (if still stationed out-of-state).MassachusettsIf your vehicle was purchased, titled, and registered in your home state, you may retain your home state registration indefinitely, regardless of where you are stationed in the country. The only requirement is that you carry insurance at least equal to Massachusetts minimum levels.MichiganTo apply for a vehicle title and registration in Michigan, an Application for Certificate of Title and Registration must be completed and submitted to the state with payment via mail.MinnesotaIf you’re a non-resident student or member of the military located in Minnesota but claim residency in another state, you do not have to register your car as long as your registration remains current with your home state.Minnesota residents who are active duty military members stationed out-of-state or overseas are exempt from registration tax during your duration of military service, and for 1 year after you complete your military obligation. You must be the vehicle’s owner or co-owner, and your car must remain registered in Minnesota during your active service.MississippiMilitary personnel who are stationed in Mississippi, but claim another state as their home, are not required to obtain a Mississippi registration or tag. Military personnel who are residents of Mississippi are required to register their vehicle in Mississippi.MissouriFor military personnel stationed out of state, you must submit certain documents to register your vehicle, including the Certificate of Title, signed Application for Missouri Title and License (Form 108), your LES and more.MontanaA Montana resident who entered active military duty from Montana, including a National Guard or Reserve member, and who is stationed outside Montana, may register a motor vehicle that he or she owns and operates without paying certain light vehicle registration fees.NebraskaMilitary personnel stationed at a military base or any one of the various recruiting services in Nebraska and who have not established legal residence in Nebraska, may continue to operate their vehicles with current out-of-state license plates or may obtain current Nebraska license plates.NevadaOut-of-state residents on active duty are not required to register their vehicles in Nevada. Spouses are also exempt if the spouse lives in Nevada solely to be with the service member. Service members and spouses who choose to obtain a Nevada registration are eligible for an exemption from the Nevada Governmental Services Taxes on vehicles.The DMV will waive registration late fees for active duty military members assigned to combat or combat support positions.New HampshireRegardless of where you’re stationed, residents of New Hampshire need to register vehicles every year.New JerseyIf you are on active military duty and have been deployed, including New Jersey National Guard and Reserve, you and your immediate family are entitled to automatic extensions for your driver license, registration and inspection requirements. If you enter or are an active member of the U.S. Armed Forces and have a valid New Jersey registration, you can get a refund for the remainder of the registration period.New MexicoNonresident service members stationed in New Mexico can drive vehicles with the plates of your home state or switch registration to New Mexico.New YorkIf you are not able to visit the DMV to register a vehicle, another person can come for you with certain forms. The state of New York also offers a sales tax exemption for vehicles purchased out-of-state by service members.If your New York registration expires while on active duty, registrations can be extended for up to 60 days from return to New York State. Liability insurance coverage must be maintained at all times, including the period of extension.North CarolinaWhen registering your vehicle in the state of North Carolina, you must have certain documents and completed forms.North DakotaIf you’re in the military assigned to North Dakota, you must complete certain forms and out-of-state title must be submitted with completed application.OhioOhio military residents who are currently in state should follow the normal in-state vehicle registration. Non-resident military service members stationed in Ohio are not required to register their vehicles in the state.OklahomaActive duty military personnel who are either residents of, or stationed in, Oklahoma are entitled to a discounted annual registration fee.OregonIf you’re a resident of Oregon, register your vehicle in the state of Oregon. If you are in the military, you may provide a copy of your Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) showing Oregon as your home of record. You must still provide your actual residence address, even if it is in another state..PennsylvaniaA service member can maintain Pennsylvania vehicle registration or can title and register the vehicle in the jurisdiction in which he/she is stationed. If your vehicle is registered in Pennsylvania, you must renew the registration annually.Rhode IslandIf you are in the military in Rhode Island, you are required to renew your registration before it expires, even if you are out-of-state at the time.South CarolinaIf you’re a service member stationed in South Carolina, register your vehicle or renew your registration as normal.South DakotaService member stationed out of state can renew vehicle registration online or by mail.TennesseeYou can title, register, and transfer and renew registrations of their vehicles in the county where they are based. All transactions are done through the local county clerk. If Tennessee is listed as your home of record but you have no physical presence in the state, you can submit your application to any county clerk office.TexasIf you are in the military on active duty outside of the state, your Texas driver's license will remain valid unless your license has been suspended, canceled, or revoked. Once you are honorably discharged you will be given an extension of 90 days from the date of your discharge or your return to the state. Your driver's license will be expired after the extension.If you wish to avoid having to renew your driver's license when you return, you may renew by mail.UtahActive-duty military personnel whose legal residence is in another state are permitted to register their motor vehicles in their state of legal residence. Non-resident military personnel who purchase a vehicle in Utah must pay the sales/use tax on the vehicle if they plan to operate the vehicle in Utah; sales tax is due even if they choose to register the vehicle in their home state.Utah residents who are members of the U.S. Armed Services and are stationed out of state may obtain property tax exemption, emissions inspection exemption and safety inspection exemption.VirginiaWhile stationed in Virginia, if you purchase a vehicle, you can register that vehicle in your home state or in Virginia. Vehicles titled and registered in your name may be driven with valid out-of-state license plates.Members of the military may request an extension of their Virginia driver’s license. Note: Commercial driver’s licenses are not eligible for extensions.WashingtonNonresident military personnel on duty in Washington may keep their current state registration or get Washington plates.Washington residents stationed out-of-state can renew their registration online.Washington DCDistrict law requires that all vehicles housed and operated in the District of Columbia must be registered in the District unless the owner displays a reciprocity sticker issued by DC DMV.West VirginiaTo renew your registration while you're stationed out of state, you can renew online with all required information on your insurance, personal property taxes, and a valid credit card for payment.WisconsinVehicle registration renewals may be completed by the military member, a relative or a friend. Options for renewing include on-line, mail and in-person.Upon entering the military, a member may request a refund of the unused portion of a registration fee. A military member on active duty may receive credit for periods of non-operation of less than twelve months.

I’m not diametrically opposed. The idea is not new, and both sides have mentioned the concept, typically failing to mention the sections of gun law that would remain unchanged but for the one thing similar to driver’s licenses that they want to implement.The foundational thing you’ll have to overcome on the pro-gun side is that the Second Amendment is an enumerated right, a “right” often defined as “something you can do without the government’s permission”. A license or permit from the government to exercise that right in the general case, without which you cannot do so (or experience a very limited version of the right) takes that right and makes it a privilege. Give, take, compromise all you want, that will be the most common “no deal” reason you will hear when it comes down to brass tacks.It’s a totally valid concern; the idea that you would require government permission to exercise a right is anathema to that very concept of a right, and leads to a very dangerous reinterpretation of the term as being something the government “allows by default” instead of the stronger meaning of something the government “has little or no legal power to deny”. Change the popular mentality to the government “allowing” gun ownership instead of “not being able to deny” same, and now the logic behind ever tighter restrictions on who the government allows to own guns leads us down the infamous “slippery slope”.My usual response to this concern is voter registration. The right to vote in free and fair public elections is the closest thing we have to an absolute right in the United States, never explicitly stated as a right in the Constitution itself, but declared as such in no fewer than four Amendments (prohibiting denial of that right based on race, gender, failure to pay poll taxes, and any age criteria other than a minimum age of 18). And yet you can’t just walk up to a polling place and vote, because it would be impossible to enforce a very basic principle of democracy, “one person, one vote”. We have to know who voted, and know that each voter is in fact entitled to their right to vote (a U.S. citizen, of proper age, who has not been legally disenfranchised for any of myriad reasons SCOTUS has upheld as constitutional).So, we register people as voters. That process, because it’s so fundamental to our system of government, is supposed to be as painless and inexpensive as possible (to the extent that no postage is charged on any mail addressed to the registrars’ offices). But it’s still required, and in many cases you can’t just get registered on Election Day itself. So, it’s a restriction designed to be as easy to overcome as possible, but it’s a restriction nonetheless, and a meaningful one as people are turned away from voting all the time for lack of it, including more than a few mistakes.So, the hair to be split here is that it isn’t “permission”, it’s “oversight”. The government isn’t allowing you to do it, it’s managing the way in which it’s done. The registration isn’t evidence of government permission, it’s proof the government has no reason to legally deny you your right.Now, we add requirements beyond “U.S. citizen, over 18 and breathing”. This is where that above split hair starts looking mighty thin. Any requirement is, fundamentally, a reason by which the government can deny you your right. The more there are, and the more the government gets to define the threshold at which they are met, the more this whole thing starts looking like a privilege and not a right. There really isn’t a good answer here that would justify universal permitting of public firearms carry, with similar practical requirements as driver’s licenses, that doesn’t concede the Second Amendment as an “elevated privilege” instead of a “fundamental right”.So, let’s leave the pro-gun side of it for a second, and look at it from the perspective of a gun control advocate. We’re going to consider a United States in which owning a gun is subject to the same laws as owning a car:Mandatory registration and annual renewal of all guns carried in public. Great, gun control advocates have wanted that for decades. Just like possession of a car is not ownership of that car, the government knows who owns and operates what cars, and collects an annual tax (for road upkeep and to pay State Troopers). The registrant must in turn be able to provide proof of title or lien showing that they own the car (secondary to the bank issuing the loan paying for it).Applied to firearms, this would not only be a comprehensive State-level DB of all guns and their owners accessible to the Feds, it would require comprehensive records of sale, with the owner required to possess a document showing the legal transfer of the firearm from the initial manufacturer through the chain of custody, and not having one is tantamount to felony theft from the last person who can prove they legally owned it.Mandatory annual safety inspection of all guns carried in public. This is an unqualified win for gun control advocates as well. Many states require cars to be inspected for presence and proper function of basic safety features required by State or Federal law for that model year, ranging from working lights, horn, wipers etc to proper tire tread depth. The parallel would be presence of working safety features of the gun required to be implemented as of a particular year of manufacture, including pin blocks, trigger latches, mag safeties etc. Older guns first manufactured prior to the requirement of a feature don’t have to have it, but this “grandfathered” status would be lost if they changed other things.These programs are popular in NY and California, except among gun owners, as they dramatically restrict the number of models of gun legal for sale in those states (in California, the number of legal models is about to be zero, as no gun manufacturer is even trying to comply with the state’s microstamping requirement and one manufacturer after another is refusing to pay the state DoJ to keep “legacy” models on the list).Liability insurance against accidental or negligent damage/bodily injury. This is the most common requirement that I hear gun control people use the “just like driving a car” argument in support of, possibly second to registration requirements. Drivers must provide “proof of financial responsibility”; either proof of liability insurance, or a sworn affidavit that the person has access to sufficient minimum reserved funds to pay damages in case of an accident. This liability does not extend to intentional illegal use of that car to cause said injury or damage.Gun control advocates seem to be in two minds about this one; it’s very commonly proposed as an additional requirement of gun ownership, but Governor Cuomo is using the full power of his office to punish the NRA for offering “concealed carry insurance”. Gun control advocates would have to make up their mind; do they want it or not?Licensing requirements including written and practical proficiency tests. You want to drive a car, you get tested on the rules of the road and in the actual operation of a car by the DMV, and in most states, new drivers (never licensed) have to take a State-approved education course. You want to carry a gun, it seems logical to require something similar; education course on firearm safety and carry laws, followed by a proficiency test, all administered by a State-approved instructor. Half the country already requires this, including very gun-friendly states like Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, etc.“Shall-issue” permitting policies. …Ouch. Discretion in permitting, so-called “may-issue” based on “good cause” requirements, has been a cornerstone of gun control in the bluest blue states for about 30 years now at the earliest, even as other states were going shall-issue and even “constitutional carry” around them. No more. The criteria must be objectively measurable as to whether the person meets or does not meet them, with no subjective judgments allowed like whether the person has “a good enough reason” to carry a gun. “Needs-based” licenses are the exception to the rule, offered essentially as a limited waiver of requirements the driver doesn’t meet (such as age); the same would be true of gun carry licenses.Licensing criteria designed to be met by the supermajority of applicants. Another common tactic of gun control; New York (State and especially City) are infamous for licensing requirements so draconian, even besides the “good cause” requirement, that only New York’s most favored socialites and business moguls (and their private security details) need bother to apply. Try requiring driver license applicants to provide a character reference from four other people in the same county that they’ve known for 7 years agreeing they should be allowed to drive. That’s a criterion in Monroe County, NY for a State firearms permit. No longer; you sit a class, you demonstrate safe and proficient handling of a firearm, and you get the permit.Levels of licensing allowing greater access, with the basic license level granting access to the 95th percentile of available guns. A “CDL” really isn’t “commercial”, it’s just that most people who have one are professional drivers. An extra knowledge and skills test and you have one. In my state there are three levels of CDL (the Class C CDL differing from the non-commercial license by allowing hazmat transportation), and additionally you can get motorcycle endorsements. As applied to firearms licenses, the “Class C” basic license would grant access to pretty much every “Title I” firearm as defined by the NFA. A specific endorsement for “modern sporting rifles” aka “assault weapons” might be the equivalent of a motorcycle endorsement. Title II weapons other than machine guns and explosives? Class B license. MGs and “destructive devices”? Class A. All permits shall-issue, the criteria being a knowledge and skills test, with some additional criteria like drug testing and clean criminal backgrounds for higher levels.National reciprocity of permits. Licensed in one state, licensed in all. Another fairly common tenet of gun control in New England and California; not only is it difficult for residents to get that state’s permit, nobody at all from out of state can get a permit, and they can’t carry under authority of their home state’s permit. NYC doesn’t even recognize NY State permits as valid. This is in stark contrast to driver licenses, which have been valid from all 50 states in all 50 states for over 40 years.This is a situation in which you very commonly hear a very non-Democrat argument in favor of “states’ rights”; generally speaking, this has been a drumbeat of the GOP on a number of current issues from healthcare to abortion, gay marriage and Common Core education standards, but when it comes to firearm carry, all of a sudden the Republicans want national standardization of gun laws including Full Faith and Credit, while the Dems are the ones arguing for local control. Funny ol’ business, politics; you use whatever argument you can find that gets you what you want.Standardization of carry laws and signage. Right turn on red? Legal if there’s no sign against it, in all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico and all possessions with street traffic, except for NYC (‘cause NYC), where there must be a sign allowing RTOR. Carry of a handgun into an alcohol-selling establishment? Legal in some states (depending on the establishment and the mode of carry), not in others. “Do Not Enter” sign? Standardized across the U.S.. Signage requirements to ban carry on private property? In most states any sign to that effect, of any size and placement, is binding, while the layout and language of required signage in a few states with more stringent rules for them differ widely from state to state.This would all have to get cleaned up in order for national reciprocity to actually be meaningful, otherwise all you’d need is some common yet obscure situation with confusing signage to be illegal in one state, and visitors from another (or newly-permitted carriers within the state that have never seen or been shown this situation before) become felons without any knowledge or warning. States get some leeway, such as having total control over speed limits, but those speed limits must be prominently posted using a standard sign. It must be obvious to a gun carrier when they’re about to break the law.Nonapplicability of permitting, registration and inspection requirements on ownership or use on private property. Yep, you read that right. You do not need a driver license to buy or own a car. Not even from a dealer. You do not need to register a car every year. You do not have to get it inspected, ever. As long as you don’t operate that vehicle on public roads. Licensing, registration and inspection are concerns for the use of that car on a publicly-owned, publicly-maintained resource that is occupied by a lot of people. On your own land, the police couldn’t give a flip if the brake lights don’t work, that the State DMV’s never heard of it, or that your 14-year-old drives it daily to feed the cows. Applied to licenses, you could buy a gun, keep it in your own home loaded and ready, and carry it unloaded and cased between your home and any other private property where you have permission to have and use it, without the government having any say in the matter.Repeated, even flagrant, violations of gun laws are not a permanent disqualifier - Pulled over for 20 over the limit in a school zone? A pretty painful ticket, but that’s about it, unless you already have enough “points” (in systems that use them) from other offenses to get your license suspended, and even then that suspension is usually temporary. Carry a gun into a school? Currently, you’re a felon in most states. One offense equals lifetime prohibition. Most traffic offenses are the lowest level of misdemeanor, zero jail time and a fairly small maximum fine allowed. Most “gun laws” criminalizing possession or carry in various circumstances are gross misdemeanors if not felonies that result in immediate revocation of license if not the RKBA itself. All that would need to be rethought to make most carry restrictions the equivalent of traffic tickets.Felons not automatically disqualified. “Hol’ up”. Yeah, you heard that right too. A convicted felon can walk right out of jail, get into a car he owns or has permission to drive, and if his driver license is still current (say it was a one-year sentence) and has current insurance for liability (auto insurance companies don’t really care whether you’re in jail, only whether you can still pay their premiums), he can drive off into the sunset totally legally. He just better be back to report to his parole officer the next day. The same would apply to guns; you might not be able to get higher-tier licenses (the CDL equivalent above), but your average handgun is a walk-in, walk-out transaction the day after you get out for a felony. This is something even many gun owners say would be going too far, but if we’re talking about adopting the same mentality for carry licenses as for driver licenses, this is what shakes out.The criteria for revocation of a driver license is essentially a finding that the license holder is physically or mentally incapable of safely and responsibly operating a motor vehicle in accordance with all laws and ordinances. Most are medically-based due to age or degenerative disease. It takes one heckuva string of fairly major screwups for a healthy adult to lose their license permanently. Robbed a store at knifepoint? Says nothing about your ability to handle a gun, one way or the other, so it’s not a disqualifier (except currently it is). Defrauded millions of people out of billions of dollars in retirement savings? Doesn’t mean you can’t handle a gun safely and responsibly (and, ironically enough, securities and financial felonies don’t count for purposes of the Federal “felon in possession” laws as it is, so Jeff Skilling, about to be released from Federal prison where he was serving felony time for his part in the Enron fraud, can walk right into a gun store and walk out with a new handgun). You’d need to repeatedly demonstrate that you cannot be trusted with a firearm in order to lose that right.As I’ve hopefully illustrated, there’s quite a bit to this basic idea for both camps not to like. In addition to the basic “permits for a right” cognitive dissonance, gun owners would be putting up with registration, records of sale, loss of “constitutional carry”, additional permitting requirements above what exist in many states, possible tiered licensing with some guns requiring additional knowledge and skills testing, and “safe model lists” mandating feature sets (with the caveats that firearms designed and introduced prior to the year a feature is mandated are never required to have the feature, and that the feature has to already be proven viable if not in wide use before it’s mandated). Gun control advocates would, in turn, be forced to largely give up every other measure they’ve devised in about the last 35 years, including high levels of discretion in permitting and carry laws, non-reciprocity, purchase permits/owner IDs, automatic disqualifiers to ownership, “one-strike” felony convictions for nonviolent gun law violations, and outright bans on common weapons and accessories either because they have common functional or cosmetic features, or because they don’t have features not generally available in the market.“Okay, so let’s not try to make it exactly like car ownership…” Yeah. That’s commonly called “backpedaling”. Pretty much everything gun rights advocates would like about this, gun control advocates would put into the “not exactly” category, and vice versa. Now it’s not “just like driver’s licenses”, we’re back to “we should do these things that in themselves look like things we do for drivers, while ignoring what we already do to gun owners that no car owner would put up with”. Implementing the check while ignoring the balance.So the argument ultimately falls flat, except as a model for some level of actual compromise. Gun control advocates want mandatory licensing? It better be shall-issue and with national reciprocity. Gun control advocates want registration and insurance? Gun rights advocates will demand ironclad proactive protections on ownership and possession (police can’t just go impound all Toyota Corollas because 238 House Reps, 60 Senators and the President don’t like them), reduction of penalties for nonviolent gun law violation and reform of “gun-free zone” laws. Gun control advocates want to restrict access to semi-automatic rifles? They’ll have to agree to reopen the machine gun registry, repeal or dramatically lower the NFA taxes and fund an ATF that can actually process the paperwork in a timely manner.This is what “compromise” looks like, folks. At this point, neither side is offering anything like it. I generally put most of the blame on gun control advocates, because they’ve historically been the ones taking way more than they give in various gun legislation attempts, but the truth is gun rights advocates are no more willing to actually compromise either; “I want my whole damn cake back” is extremely common as a pro-gun mentality, however well-founded, and it’s no more amenable to actual compromise than never-ending demands of “another bite of the cake” from the other side.