Amelia
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- #41
Simply require insurance for each and every gun-owner.
Treat it like cars. If you own a gun, it has to be insured. Plain and simple.
If you're caught with an uninsured gun. you get a hefty fine, and potentially jail-time, for repeat offenders especially.
The industry and individuals will police themselves. They'll have to.
It will even close the loop-hole of the private gun-sales we currently have.
Am I right or am I right?
I didn't read your full OP before I posted. Sorry for asking what your planned penalty would be.
Prisons are already overcrowded. Whom would you release in order to make room for people who failed to insure their guns? Or do you favor building more prisons?
Also, Steven asked a very good question.
Let's say you get your way and it's insurance to be required. If I can't afford insurance, I can always take public transportation or carpool or buy a bike or take a taxi to get around. If I can't afford to pay gun insurance, then what? How do I defend my home and family and perform my militia duties should the need arise?
Requiring insurance could harm law-abiding poor people.