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Liability insurance for what?Illinois Bill Would Force Insurance on Gun Owners
Colin Moore 2/12/2009 Illinois legislators might have discovered a new way around the pesky Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: require gun owners to purchase insurance so prohibitively expensive that they might give up their firearms.
Because Illinois resident are required to have a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FIC) to possess shotguns, rifles and handguns, the state knows who the gunowners are. What Rep. Kenneth Dunkin (D-Chicago) proposes in House Bill 687 is that each of those licensed gun owners be required to purchase $1 million worth of liability insurance.
Dunkins bill also would direct the Department of the State Police, which administers the FIC program, to revoke and seize the firearm owner ID cards from anyone who does not supply proof of the liability coverage to the agency. In addition, the bill stipulates that current licensed gun owners are the owners of record until and unless they report any stolen or missing firearms to local law enforcement offices. In other words, even if he is no longer in possession of a gun, the owner of record would be liable for any crimes committed with the firearms, or any accidents that occur through their use.
HB 687 is currently under consideration in the Illinois House of Representatives Rules Committee.
Illinois Bill Would Force Insurance on Gun Owners
Liability insurance for what?Illinois Bill Would Force Insurance on Gun Owners
Colin Moore 2/12/2009 Illinois legislators might have discovered a new way around the pesky Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: require gun owners to purchase insurance so prohibitively expensive that they might give up their firearms.
Because Illinois resident are required to have a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FIC) to possess shotguns, rifles and handguns, the state knows who the gunowners are. What Rep. Kenneth Dunkin (D-Chicago) proposes in House Bill 687 is that each of those licensed gun owners be required to purchase $1 million worth of liability insurance.
Dunkins bill also would direct the Department of the State Police, which administers the FIC program, to revoke and seize the firearm owner ID cards from anyone who does not supply proof of the liability coverage to the agency. In addition, the bill stipulates that current licensed gun owners are the owners of record until and unless they report any stolen or missing firearms to local law enforcement offices. In other words, even if he is no longer in possession of a gun, the owner of record would be liable for any crimes committed with the firearms, or any accidents that occur through their use.
HB 687 is currently under consideration in the Illinois House of Representatives Rules Committee.
Never mind, this is just Illinois trying to circumvent the 2nd Amendment.
It just forces more and more people to buy unregistered guns..
It's a silly idea, and it won't pass.
Closing gun show loopholes and requiring local background checks is all that is needed to regulate guns fairly.
It's a silly idea, and it won't pass.
Closing gun show loopholes and requiring local background checks is all that is needed to regulate guns fairly.
What is your definition of "fair" as it relates to regulating gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment?
Fascists are running Illinois. Who knew? BTW, isn't Obama from Chicago?
Fascists are running Illinois. Who knew? BTW, isn't Obama from Chicago?
So are Jake and Elwood...
It's a silly idea, and it won't pass.
Closing gun show loopholes and requiring local background checks is all that is needed to regulate guns fairly.
What is your definition of "fair" as it relates to regulating gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment?
What has proved to be effective at reducing violence and at the same time not interferring in the legitimate rights of gun owners, has been closing the gun show loopholes and requiring local background checks for gun purchases.
I'm guessing it would be more vehemently opposed than the subject matter of my OP.What do you think would happen if some politician suggested registering or taxing abortions?
The encroachment of civil liberties by our government is generally so slow that most morons don't notice it.The time to fight this was when they started handing out the ID cards. Did anyone in Illinois really believe that the cards wouldn't somehow lead to money coming out of their pockets?
The encroachment of civil liberties by our government is generally so slow that most morons don't notice it.
The encroachment of civil liberties by our government is generally so slow that most morons don't notice it.
Have you noticed how the target has changed over the last few months? It used to be concealed carry and "assault weapons" which were the target. Now it's legally purchased weapons which are kept at home, and ammunition. This story isn't the first along these lines, they've been popping up in the news ever since the election. It's a disturbing change in focus.
