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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 9 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

Gun owners should have to carry liability insurance for things like this.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I agree. Certainly while in public (e.g. public roads).

~~That said, I want to say that got proposed in the 90s and somehow the NRA not only defeated it at the federal level, but got congress to ban states from doing it. I could have just imagined that tho.~~

EDIT: https://sclawreview.org/article/gun-insurance-mandates-and-the-second-amendment/ (summary: there's a couple of laws [one state; one local], that will probably get SCOTUS review eventually, but are on the books for now; it's questionable whether insurance will cut down gun violence.)

I'd expect guns to be at least as regulated as vehicles, but I guess vehicles don't have their own amendment.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 11 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, if only there were an example of insuring and licensing for some other kind of common deadly consumer product.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Especially because this trash has no money to sue them.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 0 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

That would just discriminate against poor people and people that live in high crime areas.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 4 points 2 hours ago

It would do that, but it wouldn't just do that.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It would promote responsible gun ownership.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Plenty of rich people are irresponsible

Plenty of poor people have driving licences and are insured too.