I think the comparison to car licenses is very fair, almost too fair. I think something that gets lost in this debate is that guns have one purpose, to injure/kill. When someone dies from prescription drugs, car accidents, or even a kitchen knife, those objects are being used in a way that is NOT their crafted purpose.
At the very least, guns should be subject to the same access limitations as cars, but imo the framework around the limitation should be even stricter, like you pointed out in your "fuhrer" post