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| Indiana Law Benefiting Gun Owners Goes Into Effect This Month |
| 2019-07-12 |
| [Bearing Arms] If you’re ever involved in a shooting, you can find yourself in the midst of a very traumatic experience. Taking a human life can be devastating all on its own, even in the case of self-defense, but then things can get ugly. In far too many places, prosecutors can go after the person acting in self-defense and make them prove their case in court. It’s a costly, invasive process that’s probably more traumatizing than the shooting itself. Hence, Stand Your Ground laws protecting that right to self-defense. Those measures don’t prevent civil cases, though, and those can be just as bad. Even worse, there’s a lower burden of proof required in a civil case, meaning the chances of being bankrupt over the case‐and not just from legal expenses‐increases exponentially. Now, an Indiana law going into effect this month seeks to put an end to that risk. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Also no phased plasma rifles greater than 40 watts since that speaks to "previous intent". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-07-12 15:11 |
| #6 They call it "blanket liability" or some such thing. It's about $400. per year if I remember correctly. It only covers you if you're in the "right" however (legal use, threat of bodily injury, death or dismemberment, etc). If you go on a neighborhood rampage, or open up from the porch on a Jehovah Witness Tower Team, you're SOL. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-12 14:49 |
| #5 USAA offers coverage for this type of thing. What's it listed under? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2019-07-12 12:45 |
| #4 A left-leaning prosecutor would use your acquiring that insurance to say you expected to need it, a la George Zimmerman, the Blanca Latino |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-07-12 11:18 |
| #3 USAA offers coverage for this type of thing. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-12 08:48 |
| #2 I know a gun-owner who told me he had insurance for just such and occasion. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-07-12 08:33 |
| #1 Likely to soon to be declared "unconstitutional" by an Obama appointed federal judge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-12 07:42 |