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Sun Sep 1, 2019, 05:44 PM

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If Texas is going to deny the ability of landlords to prevent their [View all] avebury Sep 2019 OP

You will create criminals out of the poor. Bad idea. Joe941 Sep 2019 #1

It just goes to show ya ... mr_lebowski Sep 2019 #5

Nope. Free market. They can just go find a gun-humper landlord and live Maru Kitteh Sep 2019 #8

No criminal issue here. Landlord-tenant law is civil, not criminal. Shrike47 Sep 2019 #10

Then its worthless. People will just lie and say they don't have a gun... Joe941 Sep 2019 #12

OFFS. The old "criminals don't obey laws" NRA talking point. SunSeeker Sep 2019 #34

Thank you Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #41

Then they get evicted if they're caught. Just like what happens with any other lease violation. NYC Liberal Sep 2019 #63

Most renters couldn't afford that type of insurance virgogal Sep 2019 #2

The insurance requirement would pertain only to gun owners. avebury Sep 2019 #6

Yep. At this point, that's what we're left with. calimary Sep 2019 #40

Stockpiling guns isn't a cheap hobby happybird Sep 2019 #7

Most renters wouldn't need that kind of insurance. Shrike47 Sep 2019 #11

If I'm required to carry renters insurance (with liability) as a condition of renting this unit Jake Stern Sep 2019 #14

Do you have any idea sarisataka Sep 2019 #15

You do realise that the cost is related to the risk, right? VMA131Marine Sep 2019 #19

Yes I do understand risk sarisataka Sep 2019 #21

So for most gun owners, affording liability insurance shouldn't be a problem VMA131Marine Sep 2019 #23

I could definitely see background sarisataka Sep 2019 #29

Call it ammunition insurance instead VMA131Marine Sep 2019 #48

Most people don't own guns. nt SunSeeker Sep 2019 #35

That was exactly what I was thinking earlier this morning. I don't see how that could possibly be hlthe2b Sep 2019 #3

No need to offer insurance for "deaths secondary to the gun being stolen". NutmegYankee Sep 2019 #37

I'll just wait for the first landlord to get shot collecting late rent... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #4

IIRC from about 12 years of working P&C personal lines, auto and home, soldierant Sep 2019 #25

The shooter wouldn't be the beneficiary, the victims would. Crunchy Frog Sep 2019 #30

Trust me - the insurance would not pay in that situation. soldierant Sep 2019 #32

Add a fee per weapon KT2000 Sep 2019 #9

Brilliant. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #13

I am not saying that they can't rent an apartment. avebury Sep 2019 #28

The law currently requires motorists to carry liability insurance when they operate a motor vehicle NoPasaran Sep 2019 #33

I'm missing something NotASurfer Sep 2019 #16

Because it's Texas. sinkingfeeling Sep 2019 #17

Texas sucks up to gun humpers Skittles Sep 2019 #18

Presumably because there isn't a Codeine Sep 2019 #20

Well regulated dogs? safeinOhio Sep 2019 #38

You did miss something sarisataka Sep 2019 #22

Gun do sometime act on there own Kaiserguy Sep 2019 #31

It is not impossible sarisataka Sep 2019 #36

Then EVERY gun owner needs to carry insurance not just renters. Talk about discrimination. nt UniteFightBack Sep 2019 #55

Another glitch here is Mr.Bill Sep 2019 #24

Have the NRA and gun orgs sell the insurance. keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #26

IN a sane world all guns would be turned in and the deaths would stop. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #27

There are real safety concerns for the landlord beyond the actual gun since guns require Vinca Sep 2019 #39

Ammunition in a fire doesn't explode like dynamite. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #45

Okay. So why are there reports every so often about firefighters being hindered fighting fires Vinca Sep 2019 #61

And what if the landlord is a gun humper storing ammo? No protection for that tenant right. UniteFightBack Sep 2019 #56

I'd go apartment hunting as soon as I learned the landlord kept explosive Vinca Sep 2019 #62

I will add this to my contract. Thank you cpamomfromtexas Sep 2019 #42

What other constitutional rights should landlords pintobean Sep 2019 #43

Stockpiling assault rifles in your apartment is not a constitutional right. nt SunSeeker Sep 2019 #44

The law doesn't mention "stockpiling" pintobean Sep 2019 #46

The 2nd Amendment doesn't mention "assault rifles," if you want to get pedantic. nt SunSeeker Sep 2019 #47

a landlord isn't the government treestar Sep 2019 #49

Renting property is a business. pintobean Sep 2019 #50

Your looking at it the wrong way Mosby Sep 2019 #57

Texas fixed that. pintobean Sep 2019 #58

It's going to result in litigation Mosby Sep 2019 #59

I understand your motive but what is the risk you are insuring against? If it is that the gun owner wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #51

How about if the landlord claims sincere religious beliefs? bitterross Sep 2019 #52

That would fly in Texas NotASurfer Sep 2019 #60

Why would a landlord be inspecting a tenants personal property? madville Sep 2019 #53

So only tenants who pay your mortgage should be required to carry insurance ...YEAH OK. nt UniteFightBack Sep 2019 #54

The NRA would LOVE THAT fescuerescue Sep 2019 #64

Shit - I think I'd get probably get out of the landlord business. calimary Sep 2019 #65