Should Gun Owners Have To Buy Liability Insurance?

[MNRZR]

Heard this on the radio this morning. Are they serious?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/01/31/170700177/should-gun-owners-have-to-buy-liability-insurance

[jdege]

Heard this on the radio this morning. Are they serious?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/01/31/170700177/should-gun-owners-have-to-buy-liability-insurance

If it was honest insurance, priced by honest actuaries, it'd be almost free.

[damian_mb]

No!

Unless they offer to replace parts that get broken by "accident"

[20mm]

If you disregard the Constitution I could see this as being acceptable.

Before they require gun owners have it, they should make pet owners, restaurants, and a number of other people get it.

[LePetomane]

Not surprising to see stuff like this come from the left.

[yuppiejr]

How is this different than a mandate to purchase health insurance?

[JustPlainT]

How is this different than a mandate to purchase health insurance?

Don't let the antis hear that...

(there isn't a difference, but that mandate is also wrong. More wrongs don't make a right).

[LePetomane]

It would be another example of crony capitalism. Don't give the Gov any ideas.

[plblark]

How is this different than a poll tax .. the one was designed to price people out of exercising a right ... so is this ...

[Lunchbox]

How is this different than a poll tax .. the one was designed to price people out of exercising a right ... so is this ...

this

[bstrawse]

Yes, they are serious. This is being proposed in several states right now...
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[whiteox]

They did interview a guy that picked apart the argument that insurance would be a viable option.

Like you know, most of the murderers are gang members who don't give two hoots about buying ANY kind of insurance.

[Heffay]

Well, some people here think it should be required to show an ID when they vote. A logical comparison can be made to have a background check when they buy a gun...

But of course, we know that voter ID is just a voter suppression tactic, and insurance on guns is pretty much the same thing, right?

[photogpat]

Ellison floated the insurance idea to the crowd last night, ASKING for their opinions on it. Then cut off the responses when too many people opposed it.

[brad3579]

If you disregard the Constitution I could see this as being acceptable.
Before they require gun owners have it, they should make pet owners, restaurants, and a number of other people get it.

It would sure be a slippery slope to start going down.

They did interview a guy that picked apart the argument that insurance would be a viable option.
Like you know, most of the murderers are gang members who don't give two hoots about buying ANY kind of insurance.

Maybe they could require a uninsured/underinsured gun owner policy from everyone that does not own a gun.

Well, some people here think it should be required to show an ID when they vote. A logical comparison can be made to have a background check when they buy a gun...
But of course, we know that voter ID is just a voter suppression tactic, and insurance on guns is pretty much the same thing, right?

The voter ID would have been a good idea if they would have allowed more time (maybe a year or two) and easy access to getting ID's for elderly and low income people.