ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
How do you know for sure when the ATF is forbidden from releasing data on types of guns used in crimes?
probably b/c when a person is murdered with a media-sexy gun like an AR, it's in the news.
How do you know for sure when the ATF is forbidden from releasing data on types of guns used in crimes?
Do you realize that revolvers kill more people than AR-15's every year?
All Handguns 6,008.
All Rifles: 358.
Chances are better than pretty likely. But play in la-la land if you'd like to.
My point does address the substance. AR-15's have become an easy target because of cosmetic features. Guns can all be dangerous, that's my point. Insurance companies are going to act like rational business and won't base insurance on scary looks, they'll base it on facts.
PH, not sure I follow your question?
The numbers are total murders, not incidents. I believe AR-15's are the most popular rifle in America, but I'd have to go look for a cite.
PH, not sure I follow your question?
The numbers are total murders, not incidents. I believe AR-15's are the most popular rifle in America, but I'd have to go look for a cite.
He assumed AR-15's would be insured at a higher rate, I pointed out why that is unlikely to be the case.
And you'd be wrong.
Husky said it perfectly. There are a lot more Volvos involved in crashes than Ferraris. But Volvos are still cheaper to insure. Because per car, they're still safer.
Because insurance companies are smarter than you and know the difference between rates and totals
The little kids weren't the only people he shot, and in fact they weren't the first people he shot at Sandy Hook. There were adults present too. Adults who could've stopped him if he wasn't spraying bullets at a rapid pace.
What were they going to stop him with? Words of love?
I agree. Every gun starts out legal. The challenge is keeping the initial gun owner from selling or giving it to a criminal or a crazy person. Registration and tracking, with mandatory background checks and criminal and financial penalties for people who sell their guns without doing the registration and backgrounding, would make legal gun owners think a lot harder about selling their piece to a criminal or their crazy uncle Frank with the gun fetish.
I also think that requiring insurance would help a lot. Insurance requirements would make gun owners and gun manufacturers internalize, to some extent, the external costs that gun ownership is putting on society, and add incentives for responsible gun ownership. If you proved you had a safe for your gun, your insurance would be lower. If you proved you were trained, your insurance would be lower. If you buy a .38 revolver, your insurance will be lower than if you buy an AR-15. Have a buyback program so people can get rid of their guns if they want when the new laws go into effect.
If somebody is stopping to reload (ie, not spraying bullets) then you don't need a gun to take them down. Just the will