San Jose approves gun owners liability insurance

[buck460XVR]

We don't have a right to own a car.

Yes we do.....but not an inalienable right. A right is sometimes defined as a entitlement or privilege.

 

[Spats McGee]

Wonder what that insurance would cost a individual?

San Jose's hoping it will cost more than it's worth to you.

But I'm amused by a couple of things from the story:

"The proposals include two requirements for gun owners that no city or state in the U.S. has ever implemented: the purchase of liability insurance and the payment of annual fees to fund violence-reduction initiatives," San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo wrote in an op-ed with the Los Angeles Times last week. ....

"San Jose has an opportunity to become a model for the rest of the nation to invest in proven strategies to reduce gun violence, domestic violence and suicide and the many other preventable harms from firearms in our communities," Liccardo added, the Los Angeles Times reported.

So which is it? It is something that "no city or state in the U.S." has done, or is it a "proven strateg[y]?"

And note that the mayor's op-ed piece (here) focuses on unintentional shootings.

Also, is this going to be like car insurance in that I'll have to carry my insurance card with me?

 

[JFrank]

impose a modest fee on gun owners ? Geez there’s an open checkbook….

 

[Choctaw]

Yes we do.....but not an inalienable right. A right is sometimes defined as a entitlement or privilege.

You're right. I should have said driving is not a right, but a privilege.

 

[mope540]

A privilege is not a right. Driving is a privilege, not a right. Otherwise it would be very difficult to suspend a driver license.

That means that owning and using a hammer, or any other tool (including a car), is "a privilege", and owning and using a firearm is a right. correct???
The lawmakers/lawyers/bureaucrats/etc. who think along that line also consider being a white Americans "a privilege"

 

[Choctaw]

That means that owning and using a hammer, or any other tool (including a car), is "a privilege", and owning and using a firearm is a right. correct???
The lawmakers/lawyers/bureaucrats/etc. who think along that line also consider being a white Americans "a privilege"

Look up two posts and you will see a dot. I wrote the post you quoted in error. Calm down. I meant that driving is a privilege, not property ownership.

 

[reddog81]

FWIW you do not need a license, insurance or registration to own and drive a car. You need those to drive on public roadways.

 

[starnbar]

Knew it would start in Cali how long before it gets the const challenge?

 

[Bazoo]

It's not concealed carry insurance they are mandating. It's firearms liability insurance, which isn't the same thing, right?

 

[Frank Ettin]

There’s already this thread open on this subject.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Two can play that game. Sue them for their surety bond.

https://bondsforthewin.com/#https://bondsforthewin.com/#