YES! They should be responsible for potential injury.
92%
NO! The Second Amendment doesn't require insurance!
8%
Asked on Dec. 18, 2014 12:06 pm
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Insurance should be required on ALL GUNS but assault weapons can only be carried by the FREAKING MILITIA!!!!
Yes! Bird hunters, need to insure their shot guns, hunters their rifles or pistols, weekend target shooters their 22's. I was nearly killed by a careless downhill skier once, so they should also be insured! Dylan Kiebold and Eric Harris had a semi- failed plan to detonate a propane bomb, it could have killed or injured hundereds. Propane bottle ownership should definitly require insurance as the careless use of propane has caused countless injury and wrongful deaths. All dogs should be insured!
I must be confused, i thought a firearms theft from my locked car was covered by my auto theft policy, theft from my home my home owners policy, I suppose there could a Dick Cheney moment, like my skier friend whom had a careless skier moment(i dont think the skier was an evil piece of shit however).
So, maybe what we need is an individual mandate. An "Umbella Policy"! "Obama Care Plus"..... I wonder who cant wait? Gieco? State Farm? United Health Care? I guess I wonder the catogorie. Maybe just bypass the subsidiaries alltogether and send the premiums directly to Goldman or Citi.