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Re: " Let’s make the gun ownership requirements as of those established by the DMV related to automobile registration"

"Automobiles" are not a Constitutional right and are not required to be registered (or insured) if their use is confined to off-road use or private property. But if you really want to treat guns like cars, I'm all for it. Guns currently require a background check for the gun most used in murder and suicide. Car purchase requires no background check for any type of car up to and including cars that can exceed the national speed limit by 3 to 4 times.

Unlike cars, you cannot buy any gun you want at any age...they are strictly regulated by type and you must be 18 to buy a gun, 21 if it's a handgun. You cannot buy a gun across state lines without going to a federally licensed dealer and paying a transfer fee at both ends. You cannot get the fastest shooting gun at all if manufactured after 1986, and can only get the fastest gun pre 1986 with additional background checks, a payment for a Tax stamp, 6-8 months of waiting, and a requirement for approval from local law enforcement...and which can be refused on a whim.

By comparison you can buy any car you wish, at any age you wish, provided you have the money...at doesn't even have to be street legal. If you wish to take it on the road, you can do so at 16 in most states after completing a licensing requirement. That same licensing requirement to take your gun out requires that you be 21.

When you get a license to drive a car, it's valid in all 50 states, in every city. Provided you pass a minimal requirement, anyone can have a drivers license, even a felon, without having to have a reason to need it or approval from any law enforcement. When you get a license to carry a gun, it is only valid in one state and may or may not be valid in others. You cannot get a license to carry if you are a felon, nor can you get one in may issue states without having a reason.