Gun insurance is sort of already a thing. Its called self defense insurance or something similar. Basically if your unlucky enough to need to use a gun for self defense, gun insurance covers any lawyer fees from the aftermath, iirc assuming you were innocent and not screwing around.
Most cases of violence with a gun break a law. Also, while I feel like this has good intentions I also know how insurance is so expensive for most things. Keep in mind insurance is basically a gamble against an event occurring. Its basically finance industry spreading risk out among a group but charging money to do so.
Are gun laws needed, yes I would say they are. But I'd argue gun violence is a symptom of the mental health crisis. Back in my parents and grandparents days these weapons were just as accessible and deadly, they were way less regulated. People shot shit and hunted and blew shit up in their backyard. People had fun and screwed around but knew that its a dangerous thing just like a car or a plane, and despite seeing a great depression and the world war no one was commiting mass shootings like they are today.
As someone who knew their grandparents well, its sad to see how we have had to regulate so much due to how far we have fallen. What they did, the freedoms they had, no longer exist or are regulated to hell and back due to our current society and the social situation we face.
>Back in my parents and grandparents days these weapons were just as accessible and deadly.
They weren't nearly as accessible. The prevalence of firearms in the US today is the result of postwar efforts to create a domestic market for surplus arms and ammunition, which resulted in a exponential increase in the manufacture and sale of firearms, and a normalization of guns across American culture that didn't exist prior. There wasn't even a Constitutionally recognized right to own a firearm for self defense until 2008.
Ignoring the correlation between the increased availability of guns and the increase in gun violence is specious. Most gun violence isn't even committed by mentally ill people, but the ease with which mentally ill people can and do get their hands on firearms is an obvious part of the problem.
Most cases of violence with a gun break a law. Also, while I feel like this has good intentions I also know how insurance is so expensive for most things. Keep in mind insurance is basically a gamble against an event occurring. Its basically finance industry spreading risk out among a group but charging money to do so.
Are gun laws needed, yes I would say they are. But I'd argue gun violence is a symptom of the mental health crisis. Back in my parents and grandparents days these weapons were just as accessible and deadly, they were way less regulated. People shot shit and hunted and blew shit up in their backyard. People had fun and screwed around but knew that its a dangerous thing just like a car or a plane, and despite seeing a great depression and the world war no one was commiting mass shootings like they are today.
As someone who knew their grandparents well, its sad to see how we have had to regulate so much due to how far we have fallen. What they did, the freedoms they had, no longer exist or are regulated to hell and back due to our current society and the social situation we face.