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Originally Posted by tonyz
. . . more like the dreaded "finger wave". . .
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I probably should not have used the phrase "Invisible Hand" for someone who may not have heard it before. The "Invisible Hand" is an economic analogy for how the marketplace sets a fair price for everything.
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Originally Posted by tonyz
It does sound like your goal really is to make owning firearms so expensive, onerous and intrusive so as to effectivley regulate a God given right - out of existence.
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Quite the contrary. I want every law-abiding US citizen 18 years of age or older to be able to own as many of the currently allowed weapons (up to and including semi-automatic weapons and those special cases where permits are allowed). l want them to accept the responsibility that comes with owning them -- thatt they accept that if they do not take reasonable steps to prevent criminals and crazies from using those weapons to kill or injure innocent people.
Effective locks are a way to prevent misuse.
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This call for liability insurance appears to me to really be a typical bureaucratic answer to what is largely a crime and mental health problem.
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Insurance is how we protect ourselves from the financial effects of a catastrophic loss caused to or by something we own. I suppose one can take that risk. But due to the severity and scope of negligence in this case I think mandated insurance is appropriate. After all time and time again, events prove the ineffectiveness of voluntary programs. I wholly agree this is a criminal and mental health problem and this proposal is directed only at preventing criminals and crazies from getting a weapon.
I'm willing to listen to a better idea that prevents criminals and crazies from getting access to guns and turning them on innocent people. It's just got to work. Whatcha got?