Mandatory liability insurance for gun owners?

[okiebryan]

{This is my first attempt at writing an op-ed type article.. let me know what you think.}

The latest in a long line of backdoor gun control proposals is a call for all gun owners to be forced to buy liability insurance policies as a condition of owning firearms.

Let’s take a look at what this is likely to entail. First, a gun owner clearly would be required to list each firearm in their possession, which is on its face plenty of reason to reject this idea. Then, we’d likely have to open our homes for inspection to prove our firearm storage provisions meet some arbitrary standard. I’m sure premiums would be increased for those who carry in public under the authority of a carry license, due to some arbitrary perceived risk. Will we have to prove our level of training beyond what is legally required to carry?

Read the entire article at okoca.org

 

[n2sooners]

Never thought about the backdoor registration this could bring about. The biggest problem I see with the gun grabber plans is the fact they have no legal authority to force you to buy auto insurance for cars that will remain on your property, so they would have no authority to force you to buy insurance to keep guns there either. And as you mentioned, incidents involving those with a CCW are so low that the premium just covering carrying would be next to nothing. I think what they really want to force is insurance on guns which are stolen and then used to commit a crime, but insurance like that doesn't exist and insurance companies would never cover stolen items. If your car is stolen insurance only covers damage to your car, not damage it causes. They want to force people to buy something that doesn't exist.

But maybe that's the plan. The government legislates you buy something that doesn't exist, and since it doesn't exist they then create it. Then you have to buy your insurance through a government agency (which gets to set the price) and in the process your guns are then registered with them.

Edit: Good article BTW

 

[n8thegr8]

Never thought about the backdoor registration this could bring about. The biggest problem I see with the gun grabber plans is the fact they have no legal authority to force you to buy auto insurance for cars that will remain on your property, so they would have no authority to force you to buy insurance to keep guns there either.

You mean like they have no legal authority to force you to buy health insurance? All they gotta do is call it a "tax" and it's all groovy, baby

 

[n2sooners]

You mean like they have no legal authority to force you to buy health insurance? All they gotta do is call it a "tax" and it's all groovy, baby

Even if the courts failed and they could force you, once again the damaged caused by legal gun ownership in the home which isn't already covered by other insurance would be so low that premiums would be miniscule and not accomplish what they want. They would have to include criminal misuse and/or stolen property, neither of which insurance companies cover or would be likely to cover.

 

[Belthos]

Cars and health insurance are not granted special protection in the bill of rights.

Forcing you to buy gun insurance that could cost you thousands of dollars a year is an obvious attempt to infringe on your right to bear arms.
It has the sole purpose of dividing the country into two parts, the rich and gun toting and the poor and unarmed.
It is clearly forbidden by the 2nd amendment.

If it was allowed then all they would have to do would be make it impossible to buy the insurance thereby making it unlawful to bear arms.

The 2nd amendment was specifically designed to make certain disarmament of the public will make hugging a porcupine look like a good idea in comparison.