Maryland House Democrats introduced a controversial gun safety bill requiring gun owners to forfeit their ability to wear or carry without firearm liability insurance.
Introduced by Del. Terri Hill, D-Howard County, the legislation would prohibit the “wear or carry” of a gun anywhere in the state unless the individual has obtained a liability insurance policy of at least $300,000.
"A person may not wear or carry a firearm unless the person has obtained and it covered by liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in the State under the Insurance Article to cover claims for property damage, bodily injury, or death arising from an accident resulting from the person’s use or storage of a firearm or up to $300,000 for damages arising from the same incident, in addition to interest and costs,” the proposed Maryland legislation reads.
I’m saying that creating a law or regulation that doesn’t in any way reduce the amount of guns in a violent or potentially violent person’s hands doesn’t do anything at all.
How many people who aren’t already felons and not allowed to have so much as a knife on them anyhow and are going to pay an insurance fee to carry, and be someone to worry about needlessly shooting someone while away from their home while they’re carrying do you think there are? Almost all the shootings that aren’t self defense and are outside of homes is done by people who already weren’t even allowed to carry to begin with. All the big mass shootings never seem like they’re done on a whim, so those people obviously wouldn’t be deterred by an insurance requirement at all.