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Quote by: Heather  An interesting idea SHW, although I personally question it. My first thought behind requiring that gun owners purchase insurance being a flawed concept is that the higher majority of gun related crime and death comes from owners of guns that were illegally obtained in the first place. |
Hi Heather,
I am not quite sure you are right on that, Heather. If my memory is correct, I think it was Fushigi in another thread that showed a higher likelyhood of gun injuries to be committed by guns within a family and that most of these are legally owned guns. In fact, I am going to go out on a limb and state that I believe most gun related injuries do come from legally owned and obtained guns. If the injuries from accidental wounding and killing rates are higher than intentional killing rates, that would lead me to believe even more that legally obtained and owned guns are more responsible in injuries and deaths than ilegally owned ones.
Even if I am wrong on that, still, a system in place to compensate for negligence by legally owned guns would help greatly lessen the impact to families that find themselves hurt in those situations.
I don`t think we can expect a perfectly fair system, but we should strive for the most ideal system obtainable. But, it is just one suggestion, and I am keen to see more and think of others to add to the discussion. Remember, it is not just about lessening the incidents of gun use, but also lessening the impact once injury or death has occured.