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House Dem Introduces Legislation Requiring All Gun Owners To Get Liability Insurance
2015-05-31
[BREITBART] On May 29, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced legislation requiring all would-be gun owners to purchase liability insurance before being allowed to purchase a firearm.

If caught without liability insurance, gun owners would face a fine of "$10,000."

According to The Hill, Maloney released a statement saying, "We require insurance to own a car, but no such requirement exists for guns. The results are clear: car fatalities have declined by 25 percent in the last decade, but gun fatalities continue to rise."
We could require politicians to have insurance in case they say something schtoopid but who would write the policy?
Maloney then went on to reveal her belief that "an insurance requirement would allow the free market to encourage cautious behavior and help save lives." In other words, requiring insurance would play into Democrats's hands by forcing gun owners to adopt practices like locking up their guns or even rendering them inoperable when away from home for a lower insurance rate.
No doubt the Feds would subsidize the insurance requirement for inner-city gang-bangers, all in the name of 'equality'...
Posted by:Fred

#12  Bill is DOA, its a stunt to prove that the Democrats still hate individuals who defend themselves.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-05-31 20:16  

#11  Politicians should get insurance for the potential harm they do, for making stupid comments, and for disastrous legislation.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-05-31 17:43  

#10  at least his insurance will cover my medical costs, right? Right?
Yes, Rambler, in a way. Like the uninsured motorist coverage you have to buy to cover damages caused by those who somehow neglect to obey the law to buy insurance.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-05-31 15:40  

#9   Is it the same for gun owners?
If it's nopt (and NRA insurance rates suggest it is not) then the conclusion would seem to be that gun ownership, per se, is not a particularly dangerous actuarial category.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-05-31 15:38  

#8  So, the insurance rages will probably looks something like this:
Owning a gun: $10/year
Owning a gun and bullets: 1000year
Owning a gun and bullets that are not locked in a time locked safe that only the police can open: 10000/year
Being a veteran or Tea Partier who owns a gun that is not locked up permanently: 100000/year
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-05-31 14:50  

#7  So, if a gangbanger shoots me with an illegal gun, at least his insurance will cover my medical costs, right? Right?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-05-31 14:46  

#6  Like cellphones, utilities and other things the rest of us pay for, it'll be tacked on as a tax to help the perpetually unemployed.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2015-05-31 13:10  

#5  Charles C.W. Cooke took this one apart yesterday.
Posted by: Raj   2015-05-31 11:56  

#4  We require insurance to own a car, but no such requirement exists for guns.

When one engages in risky activities -- scuba diving and skiing that I know of from personal experience -- one's life and health insurance costs go up. Is it the same for gun owners?
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-05-31 10:06  

#3  We require insurance to own a car, but no such requirement exists for guns.

There’s no insurance requirement to neither purchase nor own a car. Those are State requirements (Not Federal) for operation of a vehicle on public roadways. In fact, one doesn’t even need a drivers license. Just ask Miss Daisy.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2015-05-31 08:48  

#2  We need insurance against stupid politicians.

Every time they talk I feel my brain start to hurt.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-05-31 08:37  

#1  Washington Times, same BS story. FBI crime stats sez gun crime is actually in decline. Maloney provides no clue as to how gang-bangers will be insured. Perhaps Obamacare will provide a gun owner - ghetto subsidy.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-05-31 04:46  

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