> let's dismantle these rickety arguments.

Well you certainly win the smugness competition.

> would obviously be protected by the First Amendment in any other context

You might be surprised to learn that first amendment protected speech can be used to convict people for crimes. That saying "I'm going to kill my wife" or "you need to pay protection money" has different implications depending on the context.

> The only reason we have widespread functioning ABS is because the whole industry is totally dominated by a few players

Got any references to the actual history here? Seems weird that all the car manufacturers would conspire to force ABS on us.