Posted: Jan 17, 2018 6:45 pm
scott1328 wrote:Criminals illegally operate deadly equipment whether it be automobiles or guns.
The real problem is: would insurance companies jack the rates so high that an insurance law would constitute a de-facto ban in violation of 2nd amendment protections. However, this perhaps can be overcome by requiring insurance OR a bond.
I'd imagine the current SCOTUS would find it violates the 2nd. I don't think it would be particularly high, though. At least for some. Actuaries are pretty smart people, and the chances of someone like me having a claim is pretty small. Retired, white, educated, no criminal record, no traffic tickets, concealed carrry (because of the required training), etc. But high school dropout Billy Joe Jim Bob living in a trailer in the backwoods, with a juvie record and a few DUIs? Different story. Thing is, he probably needs a gun more than I do, he probably gets most of his meat from hunting, and there's methheads in them thar hills.
The only way it's going to change, IMO, is a very gradual and seismic shit in attitudes. We've pretty much knocked smoking on the head, but it's taken since the 60s to do so.