House Democrat Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) has introduced a bill that would require gun owners to carry liability insurance.
The Firearm Risk Protection Act, unveiled Friday, would require gun buyers to have liability insurance coverage before being allowed to purchase a weapon, and would impose a fine of $10,000 if an owner is found not to have it. Service members and law enforcement officers, however, would be exempt from the requirement.
“We require insurance to own a car, but no such requirement exists for guns,” Maloney said in a statement. “The results are clear: car fatalities have declined by 25 percent in the last decade, but gun fatalities continue to rise.”
Maloney said auto insurance carriers incentivize drivers to take precautions to reduce accidents, but no such incentives exist for firearm owners.“An insurance requirement would allow the free market to encourage cautious behavior and help save lives,” she said. “Adequate liability coverage would also ensure that the victims of gun violence are fairly compensated when crimes or accidents occur.”
This is the second time Maloney, who is one of the biggest gun control advocates in Congress, has introduced the legislation. A few weeks ago she reintroduced legislation that would require sellers to obtain a background check for all guns sold at gun shows.
The Gun Show Loophole Closing Act, long championed by former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), would subject anyone selling or transferring a gun to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require that transfers be reported to the attorney general.
Source: thehill.com
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Once again, the loonies on the left are going after law-abiding gun owners as the main culprits of gun violence. Any criminal is not going to carry insurance. This is yet another ridiculous proposition that will only give way to more violence as it favors those who actually commit violence. But, with each incident of gun violence, the Dems are more emboldened with pushing more anti-Constitutional measures onto the public. As always, liberals are self-serving with their continued criminal endeavor to have more Americans shooting each other.
if the criminals pay for it….maybe
she should have insurance on that face she is so ugly it could stop a heart.
So is congress going to make Insurance companies offer these policies. Sounds like losers for revenue.
Or is just another Trojan horse scheme to get everyone’s name and address for confiscation?
Criminals who do not purchase car insurance are not going to buy gun owner liability.
Has this idiot taken Crazy Feinstein’s place in this fight?
What insurance company is going to underwrite a policy that will award a payout for a criminal committing a felony with a firearm?
What insurance company will underwrite a policy that creates a payout in the event of a suicide with a firearm?
NONE WILL.
Will law-abiding owners of gun collections with dozens or more of firearms be required to obtain separate policies for each one?
This is just another example of HARSSMENT of responsible and free citizens by the same tyrants who make excuses for the criminals and thugs who are causing the real problems (see Chicago, Baltimore, Washington and so on).
She laid the ground work for her own demise here. We do NOT require insurance to own a car. or many cars. or to use them or collect them or transport them. ONLY if they are used under their own power on public roads must they be insured.
Mocking her on this bit of idiocy is already great fun.