$1M Insurance Policy for guns
As much as I hate FOX News, and as much as I don’t enjoy Glen Beck’s personality, this video exposes a pretty sad situation in Illinois at the moment.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Provides that a person shall be deemed the owner of a firearm after the firearm is lost or stolen until such loss or theft is reported to the police department or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides. Provides that the Department of State Police shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the Department finds that the person to whom such card was issued possesses or acquires a firearm and does not submit evidence to the Department of State Police that he or she has been issued in his or her name a liability insurance policy in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful.
Kenneth Dunkin has proposed legislation that would force gun owners to pay a fee to exercise their natural rights. If one applied the same proposition to any other right, there would be hell to pay. This is a regressive tax that rewards the rich, who can afford to purchase the insurance, and makes the poor more vulnerable since they would have to forfeit their guns to save money. Can you imagine if one had to buy insurance to exercise their freedom of expression? What if you commit libel, or troll someone into suicide? The really sad part is that Kenneth here wants your insurance to pay out if you use your gun in self-defense.
The full bill text is here.
