You are getting into the weeds a little bit to the point that it's not really the question (or, rather, it would have been a more relevant comment higher up thr

You are getting into the weeds a little bit to the point that it's not really the question (or, rather, it would have been a more relevant comment higher up thread, this has sort of diverted to a more generic philosophical discussion largely disconnected to the orginal question). In point of fact I think you are correct. I believe that any manufacturer _can_ make a car without seat belts, and any person can buy it. You just can't register it with the DMV because it won't be street legal, which is indeed a much more nuanced regulation with, at the very least, an even weaker personal freedom argument than previous. So the actual regulation as it exists is not exactly what was originally stated in the first comment. I was replying to that comment as stated.