Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)

Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by idiotsecant on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:30AM (#31517482)

I am deeply supportive of the second amendment but liability insurance for guns seems like a fantastic idea to me. Love in rural Montana and own a long rifle for hunting? You insurance is quite cheap. Live in Brooklyn, are 17 years old, and own a handgun? Quite expensive.

Unfortunately like automobiles all this would due is punish the honest people. The people who most should have this insurance just wouldn't buy it.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by refurb on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:55AM (#31517728)

I know plenty of people driving around in CA without insurance.

People may have issues with the NRA, but their basic stance - enforcing existing gun laws - seems like a reasonable start. We haven’t even met that threshold yet.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by mrguyorama on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:32PM (#31520370)

Taking the NRA at face value is absurd. When actually innocent gun owners get shot and killed by police for no reason, they are routinely silent.

They don't care about gun rights, they care about the stock price of arms manufacturers.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by pnutjam on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:16AM (#31519377)

It would make it easier to get guns off the street if you could confiscate uninsured weapons and hold them until proof of insurance.

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