Monday, March 29, 2004

Thanks Ms. Kaprielian, but no thanks.

Here is a piece of proposed gun control legislation I pray never sees the light of day.

Massachusetts House Bill No. 2509: An Act Requiring all Handguns to Be Insured - sponsored by Ms. Kaprielian of Watertown, petition of Rachel Kaprielian, David Paul Linsky and Patricia D. Jehlen.


Here's the meat of it:

No license to carry shall be issued pursuant to this section unless and until the applicant for the license or for the renewal of an existing license presents to the licensing authority a complete list of every handgun owned by the applicant along with a certificate of insurance verifying that the applicant has a valid insurance policy insuring against any harm or damage that might arise out of the use of each weapon on said list. The applicant shall swear under the penalties of perjury that said list is a complete list of all handguns owned by the applicant. The insurance policy shall be in an amount of at least $250,000 and shall list the specific weapons covered by the policy.


Who voted these idiots into office? If this becomes law, and you're a collector of firearms, you better have disposable income coming out your ears. What would the annual premium be for $250,000 insurance policies for, say, 50 handguns? These politicians, who are doing this only for the children you understand, know too well that banning handguns will never happen. This is just another way to regulate them out of the state. Force the people to pay out the nose to comply, sell their guns, or become criminals for refusing to go along with such a pea-brained notion (my apologies to peas, no harm intended).

Question: How many crack dealers on their way to cap a rival gang-banger are gonna change plans because they forgot to get insurance for their handgun?

DEAD HORSE BEATING ALERT: NONE, YOU MORONS! Criminals don't obey laws - it's written into their job description. Why is this impossible for these liberal, blithering shit-for-brains stewards of the vox populi to understand?

Try enacting legislation that would target the criminal element. That would be a refreshing change, but I'm not holding my breath.