Booker Pushes Gun Licensing. Here’s What It Looks Like In New Jersey

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Steven Senne

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been pushing the idea of requiring a federal gun license hard lately, including Tuesday afternoon’s awkward comparison to driver’s licenses.

If you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to own and operate a gun.

I’ll get this done as president: https://t.co/si7MK1VfB3

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 6, 2019

The senator is wrong, actually. You don’t need a license to drive a car on your property. I can and do let my 14-year olds drive my truck up and down the driveway, though they’re not allowed to go off-roading through the pastures (yet). If they were to take to the county road beyond my driveway it would be a different story, but no one’s breaking any laws when my unlicensed kids get behind the wheel of my vehicles on my property.

Besides, we’re talking about a right, not a privilege. What other constitutionally protected rights require a license? I had someone tell me yesterday that parades and marches required licenses, which may be true, but also may not be the case. Again, if you want to have a parade on your property, no license is …Read the Rest

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