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In reply to the discussion: Welcome to new members who, just coincidentally, use assault rifles to hunt! [View all]bongbong
(5,436 posts)> Most of my guns are for the preservation of human life.
Now I see your problem. You don't realize what a gun is!
They're not to "preserve life", they're to threaten people (with killing) who you have determined are a threat to you.
Pretty obvious, and again impossible to argue against. If you use a gun on someone who threatens you, it ends their life. And - correct me if I'm wrong - ending a life is not quite the same as "preserving life"
> I'm not sure why the already workable, and lawful model of an excise tax to raise that money isn't a better idea than the insurance idea?
Because insurance is the proper model for paying for the true costs of Precious. And I already figured out a rough figure based on real stats about gun ownership and gun costs. It's about a thousand per gun per year. If you own 10 guns, you'll pay $10,000 a year for the insurance. It would probably end up being rated on the type of gun, and how safe your gun safe was, etc. So if you owned a single gun (flintlock) & a $10,000 gun safe embedded in concrete in your basement foundation with 2 feet thick concrete around it, you might pay only $50 a year. If you owned 20 guns included AR-15s and the like, you might pay $100,000 a year.