50 Guns cross the line to illegal hands
On Jan 26, 2013 according to the Pennsylvania State Police 50 guns were stolen from the Taylor and Robbins Gun shop which had been closed for about six years but still had old stock on the location....
View ArticleCosts put on gun owners are not Poll Taxes
When a proposal for requiring insurance for guns is put into a blog discussion, many of the strong pro-gun advocates reacting to the post base their objection on rights as they assume they have them...
View ArticleFunding the Uninsured Gun Pool
A plan for No-Fault insurance for guns must take into account the fact that many of the shootings are likely to be in situations where the gun cannot be traced. Even if a large portion of the guns in...
View ArticleInsurance Industry Still Asleep, Hostile by Default to Gun Insurance
An article in Bloomberg by Elizabeth Bunn titled “U.S. Insurers Resist Push to Make Gun Owners Get Coverage” has been picked up by various sites on the web. The American Insurance Association, a...
View ArticleShould Gun Insurance Cover Suicide?
If a good solid system of insurance that pays everyone injured by guns is adapted, an obvious question will be “should it cover suicide.” This is likely to be controversial because many people think...
View ArticleHow It Could Work
The best system known to this blog for insuring guns to provide for victims, discourage unsafe practices and not excessively burden gun owners is a Top-Down no-fault personal injury protection...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Insurance and Gun Insurance
Motor vehicle insurance has been the obvious model for insurance advocated by this blog to provide for victims of gun violence. There are many parallels, especially with No-Fault versions to serving...
View ArticleOregon SB-758 First State Bill for Effective Gun Insurance
Senators Dingfelder and Burdick with Representative Denbrow have introduced a bill in the Oregon Legislature (SB-758) which is the first effective plan for gun insurance that would provide for victims....
View Article$100K in Jewelry Stolen From Car
Yahoo’s OMG reports that an actress who left the jewelry in her car had it stolen while she was at a friend’s Hollywood apartment. So what’s this got to do with gun insurance? Well, hundreds of...
View ArticleInsurance-Good for Victims, Safety and Gun Owners
We have responsible ways to handle things which are dangerous but which are not made illegal because of their actual or assumed benefits to society. We look carefully at ways to contain the dangers and...
View ArticleFirearm Risk Protection Act introduced in Congress H.R. 1369
A bill titled the Firearm Risk Protection Act has been introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the national Congress. As of March 29, 2013 there is not text available on Congress.Gov but the bill has...
View ArticleSuggestions for HR-1369 Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013
Representative Carolyn Maloney along with 8 cosponsors has introduced a bill, H.R. 1369 – Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013, to require that gun buyers and sellers have “qualified” liability...
View ArticleLatest News on Mandatory Gun Insurance
April 5, 2013 Huffington Post Blog: Rep. Carolyn Maloney: “Inaction on Gun Safety: Unacceptable and Unaffordable. Defends her two bills on Gun Trafficking and Gun Insurance. April 4, 2013 What Am I...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Added to States with Gun Insurance Bills
A bill HB976 has been introduced in the North Carolina Legislature. It has several gun control provisions including $100,000 in mandatory gun liability insurance. This insurance goes farther than in...
View ArticleNew Analysis on Guns, Insurance and the Second Amendment by Lund and Gilles.
A paper “Mandatory Liability Insurance for Firearm Owners: Design Choices and Second Amendment Limits” has been published by Nelson Lund of the George Mason U. School of Law and by Stephen G. Gilles of...
View ArticlePreventingNewtown Blog Points Out Gun Insurance Benefits
A new post by Julia Hartman on the PreventingNewtown blog titled “A Case for Gun Liability Insurance” gives a thoughtful and interesting discussion of the benefits of requiring insurance to protect...
View ArticleNational Assn. of Mutual Insurance Co’s Against Gun Insurance.
In a opinion article on Property Casualty 360 titled “Major Misfire” Paul Tetrault, state and policy affairs counsel for NAMIC, denounced the move in seven states and Congress to require insurance on...
View ArticleDC Bill on Gun Insurance B20-170 Hearing
The bill in the District of Columbia Council, B20-170, requiring insurance for guns will have a hearing at 10AM on May 16, 2013. The text of the bill requires liability insurance of $250,000 for gun...
View ArticleLooking at PCI Statement on Gun Insurance to Connecticut Legislature
The insurance industry through its trade group spokespersons has been very negative on the possibilities of dealing with the gun violence problem by means of requiring insurance. The legislative...
View ArticleFirearm Suicide in DC
This blogger has been researching statistics for presentation to the District of Columbia City Council in relation to their bill B20-170 to require insurance for guns. Some of the figures are...
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