Originally posted by: dmcanally
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: dmcanally
I know this is off topic, and I am sorry, but why is driving a privilege? My taxes help pay for roads. I know a person doesn?t absolutely need to be able to drive but there are many things a person doesn?t absolutely need that are rights.
One must acquire a license to drive a car. Said license can be suspended or revoked for various infractions of the law.
It's a privilege. If it was a right, there'd be no need for driver licensing.
This brings up an interesting point, though (and probably for another thread), what other products in the US are considered a "right" (we know guns, for one). What else?
Well here is where I am confused. In order for me to vote I must register, if I move I have to re register. If I commit certain crimes my "right" to vote is taken away. I have to pay certain taxes and get certain licenses to use firearms. If I commit certain crimes, my "right" to own a fire arm is taken away. What is the difference between driving, voting, and owning a firearm?
Edit: I mean I need transportation just about as much as I need to own a firearm. If I lose the privilege of driving, could I just get on a horse and take a stroll down Lamar Blvd? I doubt it... I guess my point is... what gives the government to right to tell me what I am privileged with and what I have the right to do?