Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: gun violence control through mandatory liability insurance and taxation - from Forbes [View all]Toronto
(183 posts)being illegally marketed in large cities. If the majority are manufactured in illegal labs, it would be rather difficult to tax or insure yahoos with meth labs, although people who legally rent to people running a grow op can probably be held liable in the event of fire. Not sure regarding the meth labs, but the same may hold true. If pharmacologicals are now gaining popularity as illegal drugs of choice to the masses, I expect that the legal purchasers of those drugs should be held liable if they are stolen by their children. If a database were available to track narcotic drug purchases, then pharmacists and doctors could be held liable for multiple prescriptions to a single individual. These people already carry insurance and are already regulated. The end purchaser already pays some of that cost in dispensing fees.
The criminal in NY illustrates how easily AR type guns end up in the hands of criminals and why it should be more difficult to own them, if only to reduce the number in circulation. Perhaps if it cost more, and the buyer had to jump through more hoops to get them, they would think twice before buying them and they would be more likely to secure them from theft.