Illiniois Proposal Would Require Gun Owners To Carry $1M Insurance

[addicted2freedom]

http://www.wbbm780.com/Proposal-Woul...1M-Ins/3908122

CHICAGO (WBBM) - Illinois could be the first state to require gun owners to take out a million-dollar insurance policy - if a proposal in the state legislature becomes law.

The bill in a state House committee would require any registered gun owner to have $1 million in liability insurance to cover damages due to negligent or willful acts with the weapon.

Kevin Martin, executive director of the Illinois Insurance Association says he's never seen such a plan like the one sponsored by Rep. Ken Dunkin, a Democrat from Chicago.

Martin says the unprecedented measure seems to be simply a deterrent to gun ownership.

And, he says it would also be a risky policy because there are too many unknown variables in underwriting something like that.

Despite the fact that the bill would mean more business for his clients, Martin says insurers usually have strong reservations about proposals to mandate coverage.

Representative Dunkin did not return WBBM's calls for comment.

*dry heave*

[TravisBickle]

Gotta hand it to these people, they're really good at coming up with creative end-around ways to ban things without actually banning them directly.

[Chazman321]

If you make something too expensive to buy, then law abiding people can't buy them... Kind of like cigarettes... I started smoking 13 years ago, yes at the ripe age of 12, I could get a pack of cheap smokes for 1.50, now the cheapest is still close to 4 bucks... But now, criminals are robbing stores not only for money, but also demanding cartons of smokes... Cause and effect...

-Chaz