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  • House bill would require gun owners to have liability insurance

    05/29/2015 12:47:40 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 58 replies
    The Hill ^ | May 29, 2015 | Lydia Wheeler
    (VIDEO-AT-LINK)House Democrat Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) has introduced a bill that would require gun owners to carry liability insurance. The Firearm Risk Protection Act, unveiled Friday, would require gun buyers to have liability insurance coverage before being allowed to purchase a weapon, and would impose a fine of $10,000 if an owner is found not to have it. Service members and law enforcement officers, however, would be exempt from the requirement. “We require insurance to own a car, but no such requirement exists for guns," Maloney said in a statement. "The results are clear: car fatalities have declined by 25...