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Cars are regulated. You need a license to drive them. The fact that most accidents are caused by licensed drivers[0], though, is an interesting discussion point.

[0] I don't have any data to back this up, it just seems reasonable...




You don't need a license to own a car or to drive it on your own property or to transport it (without driving it) from point A to point B. A 10-year-old can legally own a car and can legally drive it on private land. It's only driving on public roads that requires a license. So if we regulated magnets (or, heck, guns) the way we regulate cars, anybody could buy as many as they wanted of the regulated product and use it pretty freely.




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