Gun Control & RKBA

jmbar2

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5. OK, I turn the question back to you

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 06:04 PM

Apr 2021

Who should pay the medical costs of gun violence?

According to this article, gunshot wounds cost $700 million/year. (That's only for the initial treatment not long term).

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303684

According to Wikipedia, there are about 400 million guns in the US. If there were a surcharge on every gun sale dedicated to covering these costs, it would be a drop in the bucket for gun purchasers, but would take the burden off hospitals, taxpayers, and the government.

I don't think taxpayers who don't have guns should have to pay these costs.

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Firearms/ gun owner's insurance [View all] sarisataka Apr 2021 OP

re: "...limit ownership to those of means." discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #1

The purpose is not a backdoor ban jmbar2 Apr 2021 #2

"The purpose is not a backdoor ban" The purpose is a de-facto means test for gun ownership... friendly_iconoclast Apr 2021 #3

If it is not a ban, it is at least sarisataka Apr 2021 #4

OK, I turn the question back to you jmbar2 Apr 2021 #5

Perhaps the same who pay for costs sarisataka Apr 2021 #7

How would you go about.... RotorHead May 2021 #9

all gun owners and dealers need to be in a risk pool IbogaProject Apr 2021 #6

I don't want to pay Hawker123 Apr 2021 #8

Bumping for relevance sarisataka Jul 2021 #10