Liability insurance is not an answer

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3. Right because

no one ever gets accidentally killed or injured by a carelessly stored or handled gun, lol.

That's a huge number of gun deaths, actually. So if it gets very expensive indeed to be careless about where and how you store your gun, and whom you let use it, and you're on the hook for damages or a huge increase in your insurance, no way that would influence your use of, say, a safe or a trigger lock?

Lol.

I'm a hunter and own guns. I favor liability insurance attached to gun licenses.

This post's argument is a disingenuous red herring. No one thinks insurance will reduce violent shootings. But a huge number of gun deaths and accidents result from well intentioned gun owners being careless. Insurance will help stop that. Getting it should require mandatory range and safety certification and training and inspection of your home.


ETA:
It should cost more if you have kids or any untrained shooters in your house. Or if you have a history of mental illness (impulsive suicide is a huge category of gun deaths, clearly linked to ease of access).

Just think the NRA could make a fortune selling gun insurance just like AARP with Medicare supplements! Once they've finished making sure there are ten guns for every person in the country and anyone can buy armor piercing rounds and a fully auto weapon.