04-03-2013, 11:14 PM
Like so many other things, it's a matter of the details. If gun insurance is $25 per year for the first weapon and $15 for each additional weapon up to the first 20, that's not so burdensome. If insurance were $10,000 for the first gun and twice that for each additional gun, it would be burdensome for all but the people who fund the Republican Party (you can't expect me to not have a little fun with this, right?).
There are obviously lots of things that happen due to guns that are not the same as armed robbery or willful murder -- children find them and shoot each other, bystanders get shot accidentally when carriers accidentally fire them, guns get stolen and then get used in crimes.
Which of these could be something that would be insurable? Certainly the first two, and possibly the last one.
I think the OP remark attaching liberalism to insanity is simply abusive, but not uncommon among folks who attach the word liberal to anything and everything they oppose, and, in addition, oppose lots of useful, intelligent ideas. It's not a very winning argument.
On the other hand, I think it's fair to observe that the requirement to buy insurance can be used to harass gun buyers and gun owners. It's like the old saying that the power to tax is the power to destroy. Think of this as a tax on gun ownership, and the same arguments apply.
There are obviously lots of things that happen due to guns that are not the same as armed robbery or willful murder -- children find them and shoot each other, bystanders get shot accidentally when carriers accidentally fire them, guns get stolen and then get used in crimes.
Which of these could be something that would be insurable? Certainly the first two, and possibly the last one.
I think the OP remark attaching liberalism to insanity is simply abusive, but not uncommon among folks who attach the word liberal to anything and everything they oppose, and, in addition, oppose lots of useful, intelligent ideas. It's not a very winning argument.
On the other hand, I think it's fair to observe that the requirement to buy insurance can be used to harass gun buyers and gun owners. It's like the old saying that the power to tax is the power to destroy. Think of this as a tax on gun ownership, and the same arguments apply.