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Atman

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55. True; I live in CT. I've checked.

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 10:07 AM

Dec 2012

If you purchase a handgun, you can't pick it up for two weeks, and after proof that you've completed an NRA pistol course (I live in the boonies, and there are pistol ranges all over the place which offer the classes). But I believe you can purchase a long arm and take it home the same day, or maybe the next day. Not sure.

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How do you feel about mandatory gun classes and gun insurance as a prerequisit for gun ownership? [View all] ZombieHorde Dec 2012 OP

It would be a start. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #1

classes are required in CT wercal Dec 2012 #4

True; I live in CT. I've checked. Atman Dec 2012 #55

In Mass gun safety courses are mandatory Marrah_G Dec 2012 #2

Not good enough. RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #3

Didn't he use someone else's guns? ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #5

Liability insurance doesn't typically cover criminal acts. X_Digger Dec 2012 #7

Sure, but it would in my proposal. nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #8

Err, you're going to force insurance companies to cover crime?!? Hmm, no. n/t X_Digger Dec 2012 #11

Sure, why not? nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #17

Because every gang banger would purchase insurance as the cost of doing *cough* business. X_Digger Dec 2012 #21

I don't see why it would be a boon. The insurance wouldn't make currently illegal activities ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #22

It would give them a fund for paying their victims. X_Digger Dec 2012 #36

Does auto insurance make people take more driving risks? nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #39

Ask the uninsured. The answer is yes. X_Digger Dec 2012 #40

It would have to in gun insurance RomneyLies Dec 2012 #10

A company could choose not to offer the policy. X_Digger Dec 2012 #13

if it was mandated, a company would sure as fuck be selling it, LOL bettyellen Dec 2012 #15

How'd that work, eh? X_Digger Dec 2012 #19

if there's a customer for it, there's a product, kid. that's how the market works. bettyellen Dec 2012 #23

So the goal is not really about insurance, it's about suppressing gun ownership? X_Digger Dec 2012 #28

it's about treating gun ownership as the serious responsibility it is. Perhaps it will occur to bettyellen Dec 2012 #45

How would placing further restrictions on law abiding gun owners Trunk Monkey Dec 2012 #53

"further restrictions" HA HA HA. I saw what YOU did there. bettyellen Dec 2012 #58

No insurance, no gun RomneyLies Dec 2012 #32

Ahh, so it's just a cute way to get around the constitution? X_Digger Dec 2012 #37

there is no constitutional right for a few nuts to terrorize the rest of us Tumbulu Dec 2012 #46

"So high that no one will have one." Thanks for the confirmation. n/t X_Digger Dec 2012 #60

Yep that is my wish, but since when do my wishes come true? Tumbulu Dec 2012 #62

Civil or criminal liabilty would be the better route. morningfog Dec 2012 #20

Criminal liability insurance typically pays *you* when your employees steal.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #26

No, civil or criminal liability for the gun owner. Not insurance. morningfog Dec 2012 #30

Sorry, I thought you meant those kinds of insurance.. n/t X_Digger Dec 2012 #31

His mom, good luck nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #41

If one wants to turn over control of the nation to the GOP, that's a good step. Kennah Dec 2012 #6

HE USED HIS MOTHER'S GUNS. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #9

Yes, so her gun insurance would cover the funerals, and hospital bills, if there were any. nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #14

OFGS. Read your own post. the KILLER wouldn't have taken those stupid "classes". WinkyDink Dec 2012 #24

Sure, but the more people who take the classes the more people that may ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #33

I can't imagine any insurance company actually underwriting those policies Tansy_Gold Dec 2012 #27

Inadequate BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #12

What would you do with already owned assault weapons? nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #18

Yeah, I mentioned this in another post. . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #25

I'm quite fine with it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #16

Yes. At the very least I want guns to be treated like cars. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #29

Well said. n/t GoneOffShore Dec 2012 #34

don't forget confiscating guns if convicted of a willful violent act hollysmom Dec 2012 #35

Mixed ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #38

A problem I see with it as the poor would unable to get a gun Kaleva Dec 2012 #42

I can't afford a gun now, so I don't see why that's a problem. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #43

Then it becomes a class thing. Only the better off would have guns. Kaleva Dec 2012 #44

the fewer people with guns the better Tumbulu Dec 2012 #47

Apparently the shooter's family was very well off. Kaleva Dec 2012 #50

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tumbulu Dec 2012 #48

I think a mandatory six month stint in a militia training camp is about right. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #49

plus annual mental health exams. - n/t lapfog_1 Dec 2012 #51

I think everyone should be taught basic gun safety whether they want to own a gun or not slackmaster Dec 2012 #52

It would be even better if EVERY gun had to be insured just like cars.... Walk away Dec 2012 #54

Teach impulse control while you're at it. Loudly Dec 2012 #56

Support it along w/ very high taxation on purchases of guns & ammo that can be used to cover cost of Pachamama Dec 2012 #57

How about membership in the militia? Coyotl Dec 2012 #59

Everyone is already a member of the militia slackmaster Dec 2012 #61