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23. the NRA would LOVE that

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 06:01 PM

Mar 2021

since they are the biggest sellers of gun insurance in the world.

Requiring everyone to have gun insurance would super-charge their coffers.

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Certainly worthy of discussion pandr32 Mar 2021 #1

I like those ideas. Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #2

There's a fair amount of that on the books already. Kooks don't care. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #3

Mandatory minimum sentences are corrupt. speak easy Mar 2021 #4

True tenderfoot Mar 2021 #6

Insurance companies wouldn't issue the policies ripcord Mar 2021 #9

You're probably right. Too damn many gun nuts. alwaysinasnit Mar 2021 #10

nah. insurance companies love to write policies fescuerescue Mar 2021 #24

Why would it dis-incentivize gun ownership? hack89 Mar 2021 #12

the NRA would LOVE that fescuerescue Mar 2021 #23

The problem is that many gun crimes are plea bargained down ripcord Mar 2021 #8

Mandatory minimum sentences have not worked well with regards to drugs. Caliman73 Mar 2021 #11

Careful what you wish for. Dr. Strange Mar 2021 #15

The real mass murder people want to die anyway. If doc03 Mar 2021 #16

We have/had those here in CA Zeitghost Mar 2021 #18

Jail time isn't going to deter criminals or accidents. SYFROYH Mar 2021 #19

The misfiring of guns is quite common actually nt Shermann Mar 2021 #20

There's more than a few videos of cops, FBI and ATF agents doing that fescuerescue Mar 2021 #22

harsher penalties for accidents generally don't prevent accidents fescuerescue Mar 2021 #21

I disagree with mandatory sentences in accidental cases. roamer65 Mar 2021 #26

Not a deterrent. Gunz aren't rational. lindysalsagal Mar 2021 #27