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In reply to the discussion: I don't care what anyone thinks about their right to own guns [View all]The Traveler
(5,632 posts)This country has gone full gun nutter. I have guns. I don't have assault rifles ... but I have guns.
And I have a car ... a potentially lethal weapon. And I am required to maintain insurance on my car. Since I am a good responsible driver my rates are reasonable. Because it is a performance vehicle, I pay a little bit more than if I owned a family car.
It seems to me that there is nothing in the 2nd Amendment that precludes requiring gun owners to maintain insurance. More guns ... higher premiums. Got an AR-15? Higher premiums. Keep 50 round mags? Higher premiums. And no gun insurer should be required to sell you insurance without a background check and psych evaluation. And if your record is such that no insurer would cover you, that's your problem. You probably shouldn't have a gun.
And there is nothing in the 2nd Amendment that precludes registration. OK so make me register my guns ... doesn't infringe on my right to keep and bear. I could go on but you get my point.
So ... there's a lot we can do to restore gun ownership sanity to the land without tampering with the Bill of Rights.
We will never keep incidents of this sort from EVER happening ... but we sure as hell can do things to reduce the frequency of these events. Why haven't we? Because of an effective lobby and propaganda organ for the gun manufacturing industry.
So I agree with half of your position. Fuck the NRA.
Trav