Gun Insurance As An Gun Control Measure

Several weeks ago we posted our opinion that the Obama Administration would use fees to prevent guns from being purchased or kept.  In the following piece, we see what legislators are doing in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and California. It may not be fees but it is mandated insurance for guns, which is essentially a fee to own a gun.

Our argument has been that imposing fees is NOT unconstitutional. The Supreme Court would have to rule that you still have the right to own a gun--just pay the fees.  We purposely set our fee argument with a high limit. Who says that the "smart ones" would not start with a low fee and then over the next four years raise it beyond our initial fee suggestion. All the camel needs is to put its snout in the tent and then before you know it we have effectively had gun confiscation.

Before you discard our suggestion as poor theater, you have to understand the people behind this scheme. They will do EVERYTHING in their power to get guns out of the hands of the law abiding but do NOTHING to remove them from the lawless. 

We know that we are on the right track and the following article definitely confirms our concerns.

Be Scared, Be Very Scared.

Conservative Tom

State Lawmakers Push Gun Insurance Schemes

February 12, 2013 by Sam Rolley 

PHOTOS.COM

Public support for sweeping gun control measures isn’t that high and reports indicate that legislative attempts to force draconian new gun laws of the Federal level would be met with swift and fierce rejection. But lawmakers in some States are currently working on a new gun control idea: requiring gun owner insurance.

Legislative measures have been proposed in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and California that would require gun owners to carry liability insurance on firearms to cover damages or injuries caused by the weapons.

Some proponents of the idea believe it will cut public costs associated with gun crime and accidents and encourage gun owners to be more responsible. Type of firearm, gun theft and accident would all factor into gun insurance premiums.

“I was moved, like many others, being the father of two young children, by the Sandy Hook incident and looking for constructive ways to manage gun violence here in California as well as the rest of the country,” Assemblyman Philip Ting of San Francisco who introduced a gun insurance bill told Fox News. There’s basically a cost that is born by the taxpayers when accidents occur. … I don’t think that taxpayers should be footing those bills.”

Gun rights supporters say the real goal of the bills is to price Americans out of gun ownership by placing hefty fees on the right to bear arms.