Help me Understand: Why is it Easier to Buy a Gun than it is to Get a Driver’s License?

I know you hear “but Australia got rid of their guns in 1996 and voilà, no more mass shootings!” a lot. While I applaud Australia’s successful measures (it really has worked) and there’s a lot we could learn from them, it doesn’t seem like a practical solution for the U.S nor is it an accurate comparison. Not only was the world a very different place in 1996 (think about it: the Internet was in its infancy back then; the spread of ideas both good and bad happened at a snail’s pace), the right to bear arms is written into the U.S. Constitution and it has since woven itself into the very fiber of our culture. Australia’s measures were successful in part because they do not have a bill of rights like the U.S. does and thus their government was able to mandate a buy back program, reclaiming upwards of 1 million firearms. Not to mention, at the time there were “only” an estimated 3–5million guns in Australia. By comparison, there are approximately 300 million guns in America — practically as many guns as there are people. Even if the government wanted to confiscate your guns, the effort would sadly be measured in blood, not sweat. <a href="https://medium.com/@sdotvenom/tragic-shooting-incident-shakes-northeast-harris-county-community-9995a1458114">Website</a>