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In reply to the discussion: Liability insurance is not an answer [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)44. Your certainly might not like it,
but firearms are indeed "special." Unlike cars, homes or virtually all other consumer products, firearm ownership and use is expressly protected by the Constitution, and any regulation of the right must survive enhanced, if not strict, constitutional scrutiny, an exceptionally high standard.
You may believe that firearms should not be thus protected, but unless and until the Second Amendment (and all its state analogs) is repealed, this is the reality, your militia jibes notwithstanding.
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Wouldn't medical insurance cover medical treatment of accidental injuries? n/t
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2016
#8
re: "Your car insurance requires you to get your car inspected and registered every year..."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2016
#33
re: "Done arguing with people who deny facts that don't suit their ideology."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2016
#35
What percentage of negligient discharge injuries involve a victim that would not be covered
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#11
"a huge number of gun deaths and accidents result from well intentioned gun owners being careless"
Lizzie Poppet
Jan 2016
#27
The difference being that owning a firearm is a right, while driving or owning a vehicle isn't.
GGJohn
Jan 2016
#20
He meant your erroneous interpretation of the militia clause has been debunked.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#28
I'm pretty sure it's only "Settled Law" or "Law of the Land" if they agree with it
DonP
Jan 2016
#57
You can only be checked if you are stopped and you can only be stopped for an underlying reason.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2016
#24
It's not difficult for me to question what I think before I say it.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2016
#54