The car has been driven around recently, meaning it has been legally registered and insured for years. All of these are really hard to do with a car reported stolen.
Show me where the comic says that the guy’s proposal became an actual law. However, a certain political party abundantly pushes restricting proposals of any kind to give credibility to their lies. Oh, and they get very offended when they’re called on it.
I just hope that Animal Control will scan Sophie’s chip and find out that she was reported missing.