What is the purpose of registering and insuring cars?
If it is to make sure folks follow the laws of the land....why not register and insure guns?
NRA keeps saying we have loads of laws on the books.....but they cannot be carried out, because who knows who owns what gun?
Our auto laws are just fine, cause we have VIN (identifiable info on vehicle) and registration connecting the VIN to the owner..why can't we do that with GUNS????????????????
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You do have to buy health insurance or face a hefty tax penalties 
I do support mandatory gun insurance and I think it should go a set further. Refusal to register any gun after the law is put in place should result in a minimum sentence of 10 years.
Handgun insurance should be a min of $2500 a year for each gun, Shotgun insurance $3300 for each gun and Rifle insurance should cost $5,600 for each gun in addition anyone loans their guns to another person without properly transferring through the ATF or has their gun(s) stolen should face a minimum of 3 years in prison and be civilly liable for any crimes committed with their weapons.
Hunters can either pay up or go to the store and buy food like everyone else.
That's the idea, punish gun owners and remove the threat.
No matter how much background checks, mental health care or intervention exists as long as guns are easily accessible thanks to millions of nutbag gun owners, hunters and the NRA, you are never going to prevent 2 things:
1. You are never going to prevent a mentally ill person who has never sought treatment from buying a gun and gunning down a bunch of people as long as guns are easier to buy than weed.
2. You are never going to prevent a mentally ill person who has sought treatment from "borrowing" or "stealing" weapons from a friend or family member then gunning down a bunch of people which is what happened with Adam Lanza.
Its either make it really expensive to own, keep and maintain one or make it illegal to own any. There is no middle ground here.
Yeah! screw the Victims in Aurora Colorado who died by the hands of James Holmes, The Children at Sandy Hook who died by the hands of Adam Lanza, The Victims in Santa Monica who died by the hands of John Zawahri, The Victims in Seal Beach, CA who died by the hands of Scott Dekraai, The Victims in Orange County, CA who died at the hands of Ali Syed and a double SCREW YOU! to the victims at UCSB who died by the hands of Elliot Rodger.
You ain't a-takin' our gurns! We's gonna fight this in the courts! I need muh gurns to ...hunt deer and such.
Like it or not, sooner or later those guns are going to be taken and there isn't going to be a court on earth that's going to protect gun nuts when that day comes.
That's a promise.
....you can understand the relatively simply sentence structure of the second amendment to The Constitution, can't you? Or are you another one of those skeerdy cat gunners, with dirty Harriet fantasies?
...The wording in the second amendment is rather simple and easy to understand. I suggest you read it. My animosity is centered on people who think their right to own firearms and contribute to the ocean of firearms in this country trumps every 6 year old's right to live. Yes, it's animosity, because you make me sick. Harry? Is that better? Or maybe I should call you Joe as in Joe the Plumber. You seem to have at least one thing in common with him. 
....because apparently it doesn't matter how much blood is spilled in this country. It seems a good portion of our populace really doesn't give a shit about the murder of 1st graders. Instead of doing one damn thing to address the problem, much less something sensible, they'd rather pet their guns, feed their irrational fears and pump up their cold steel manhood. It's rather pathetic, really.
...it accomplishes nothing other than making me cynical about my own country. If the murder of innocent children is not enough to get my government to do one damn, measly thing about the vast ocean of firearms in this nation falling into the wrong hands, due mainly to the perceived clout of a minority of irrational citizens, I really don't see the point of rational discussion. It's way past that now, and all I can really do is call spades exactly what they are....those who don't give a rat's ass about murdered children.
..., neither are cars, trucks, knives, chainsaws, band saws or louisville sluggers. Guns are. By that way, that's an incredibly tired argument.
...Like cars you can be non-road worthy, high-speed vehicles unregistered for use on private property.
Time for ol' Mr. DeMontague to go to the eye dr.
