02-25-2018, 03:09 PM
Guys this problem is not solvable.
I'd be happy if we were able to manage the problem and hopefully reduce the problem somewhat, because, how many other problems are solved 100%? People will find a way around anything. Let's just figure out a way so fewer people are murdered by this minimally regulated nightmare.
If Hawaii already has a good track record with gun fatalities, we might be the best place to start. We may also have one of the few state legislatures that hasn't been bought off by the NRA. That alone might make such an action possible here.
Often gun debates go off the rails when people try to compare single shot rifles with an AR-15. "When I was in high school, kids had a rifle on the rack behind the seat." Obviously not an AR-15, so why even make such a disingenuous statement? Because comparing apples with oranges can derail the conversation.
Rob's idea will make it very clear at every step in the discussion that a rifle is not a shotgun is not an AR-15. Insurance companies and their actuaries will make that fact very clear. One is a far greater risk than another. Insuring different types of weapons will help end the phoney pretense that all guns are the same. They clearly are not, and it's time we stop pretending they are.
I'd be happy if we were able to manage the problem and hopefully reduce the problem somewhat, because, how many other problems are solved 100%? People will find a way around anything. Let's just figure out a way so fewer people are murdered by this minimally regulated nightmare.
If Hawaii already has a good track record with gun fatalities, we might be the best place to start. We may also have one of the few state legislatures that hasn't been bought off by the NRA. That alone might make such an action possible here.
Often gun debates go off the rails when people try to compare single shot rifles with an AR-15. "When I was in high school, kids had a rifle on the rack behind the seat." Obviously not an AR-15, so why even make such a disingenuous statement? Because comparing apples with oranges can derail the conversation.
Rob's idea will make it very clear at every step in the discussion that a rifle is not a shotgun is not an AR-15. Insurance companies and their actuaries will make that fact very clear. One is a far greater risk than another. Insuring different types of weapons will help end the phoney pretense that all guns are the same. They clearly are not, and it's time we stop pretending they are.
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