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In reply to the discussion: David Hogg shares fellow students plan for gun control on Twitter [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)30. Idle chatter on the internet is not "a lot of attention".
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Maybe it is time we start listening to urban youth instead of rural elders on guns.
LonePirate
Feb 2018
#2
" Be it by gun, baseball bat, 9 iron, car, or swimming pool. Life is full of risks."
pangaia
Feb 2018
#103
Could be one reason why this is merely an outline rather than an actual law.
LanternWaste
Feb 2018
#14
Excellent idea. More exposure! And the NRA can stand up its strawmen in the debase.
erronis
Feb 2018
#41
Yes....there should be insurance. Why are gun owners not liable for their guns?
Kirk Lover
Feb 2018
#10
No. A lawsuit against an uninsured/judgment proof gun owner isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
SunSeeker
Feb 2018
#20
But the NRA isn't really representing anyone except money launderers and the GOP recipients.
erronis
Feb 2018
#44
I dont buy into the insurance is not for intentional crimes argument against insuring guns.
ooky
Feb 2018
#46
Why does it need to just have deterrent value to the shooter to be a viable option?
ooky
Feb 2018
#65
Or charging gasoline tax or making childless couples pay real estate taxes, or charging....
marble falls
Feb 2018
#100
You don't think gas taxes or license requirement interfere with the right to free movement...
marble falls
Mar 2018
#106
Owning a gun isn't an explicit Constitutional right, either, joining "a well regulated militia" is.
marble falls
Apr 2018
#116
That's a fundamental principle of insurance. You can't wish it away, and 'study it'.
X_Digger
Feb 2018
#73
The fundamental principle is that you can't cover an intentional act (by the covered).
X_Digger
Feb 2018
#80
For the past 20 years we have seen a steady liberalization of gun laws in America
hack89
Feb 2018
#16
I'm waiting for a great American university to give this kid a full scholarship
onetexan
Feb 2018
#18
It's a beginning point for negotiation. I see it as rather modest as first offer seeking compromise
flamin lib
Feb 2018
#34
With only minor differences this is how the Military treats guns. They seem to know a lot about gun
flamin lib
Feb 2018
#36
Not to be picky, but everyone submits to these obvious regulations...
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Feb 2018
#68
What did you want. Insistence on registration only if one plans on using it on the public.
boston bean
Feb 2018
#81