Middle ground idea on gun control: Gun Insurance

[libdem4life]

82. Gun liability insurance is crucial, but also provides another check and balance..and re-registration

at intervals. This is one of the ways the government could work with all of the markets here, by facilitating a joint program with the weapons industry (if they want to play nice and not be harassed), the insurance industry, the legal industry and local groups, say Chamber of Commerce.

But the weapons industry must be held accountable, ethically and financially, for the massive social costs of their product...just like any other product. Product Liability. Taxpayers pay for billions in the social costs of gun violence, while the industry is filthy rich. There could be a system begun to be set up and probably would not even require an Act of Congress.

Every thread just keeps getting more and more ridiculous on the apologists ... now we have a class war ... The Poor will be discriminated against. No they won't. First of all The Poor does not exist as a definable group of people...there are many definitions of poor. Same for The Rich. And anyway, The Poor aren't typically the first choice as victims of home invasion and robbery, which is what a good deal of the conversation is about. Many use guns for hunting ... cheap food.

The Rich only need so many anyway...Alex Jones has 50 he says, but still he only has two hands.

Then, get very serious but creative on penalties...not necessarily sending them all to prison, so as not to require more prisons. Trade the Pot Wars and incarceration for Gun Management Teams. Provide an anonymous hotline for reporting illegal weapons. Domestic gun crimes cross all population sectors and alone cost taxpayers billions, including increased dependence on social services.

There are lots of good and creative ideas...we just need to step up the societal will.