Despite Obama and OFA’s spectacular defeat at the hands of the NRA, The Progressives have not given up on Gun Control. They are enacting laws at the local level to restrict American’s Constitutional civil rights to bear arms. Washington DC is now looking to add another hurdle to Gun ownership. They are contemplating forcing gun owners to get a $250,000 insurance to own a gun. The average person can not afford this, thus an end run around the Supreme Court’s Heller case.
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Two D.C. councilmembers said Thursday that they support some form of mandate that gun owners carry liability insurance, but they would have to overcome the objections of Mayor Vincent Gray for the District of Columbia to become the nation’s first jurisdiction to require such coverage.
Councilmembers Vincent Orange and Mary Cheh said after a hearing Thursday that any bill they pursue would likely be narrower than Cheh’s initial proposal, which includes a requirement that gun owners insure themselves against intentional as well as accidental shootings
At least a half-dozen states are considering insurance requirements for gun owners, although none of the bills has made it past the hearing stage.
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The district has some of the strictest gun-control laws in the nation. Handguns were banned outright in the nation’s capital until a landmark 2008 Supreme Court ruling, and since then, about 2,000 people have legally purchased firearms. The 13-member council includes 11 Democrats and two left-leaning independents, potentially making the city fertile territory for those pushing an insurance mandate.
This is a disturbing development and end run around people’s Constitutional Rights.
Tags: gun control, insurance, Washington DC.
