County to Consider Mandatory Gun Insurance and Bullet Tax

[SecularMotion]

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas called today for Los Angeles County to do more to regulate the purchase of rapid-fire weapons.

“Much more needs to be done in the face of a deeply troubling and recurring pattern of mass shootings,” Ridley-Thomas said.

Previewing a motion he plans to bring before the Board of Supervisors next week, Ridley-Thomas said the county has taken several steps to combat the underlying causes of violence, including creating school threat assessment teams and providing mental health first aid training for community members and county staffers.

He wants the county’s sheriff, district attorney, probation chief, health officials and lawyers to evaluate a number of other options for preventing violence, including expanding gun buy-back programs, requiring additional background checks on guns sold within the county, mandating insurance for gun purchasers to cover tragic outcomes and taxing ammunition and firearms.

http://patch.com/california/agourahills/county-consider-mandatory-gun-insurance-bullet-tax

[S_B_Jackson]

1. A question....

Do you (and County Supervisor Ridley-Thomas) believe that such a measure will make the NRA less influential???

I ask because at the moment, the NRA only counts as members about 4-5 million of the 90+ million gun owners nationwide.

The NRA is likely the only entity which will be willing to offer/underwrite such policies to its members. And this proposal would drive a significant percentage of those 85+ million other gun owners to membership and the policies that will be offered by the NRA.

It would seem to me that is not something that you or the good County Supervisor would truly want....

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. just another example...

[DonP]

3. Ah, the NRA, the largest firearm insurance provider

Soon to be known as "The Insurance Loophole" by the gun control fans that can't seem to think beyond a bumper sticker.

Then this brain trust can screech about how "the NRA has no business insuring firearms" and "we have to find a way to stop them" after they put their foot in it again.

That'll put a few more million in Wayne's pocket if the whole insurance thing spreads.

BTW, It doesn't cover criminal acts guys, so there's that.

[Eleanors38]

4. Secmo, the NRA is bloated with money. Wanna give it more?

[ManiacJoe]

5. "Consider" can mean lots of things when coming out of the government.