Maryland House Democrats introduced a controversial gun safety bill requiring gun owners to forfeit their ability to wear or carry without firearm liability insurance.

Introduced by Del. Terri Hill, D-Howard County, the legislation would prohibit the “wear or carry” of a gun anywhere in the state unless the individual has obtained a liability insurance policy of at least $300,000.

"A person may not wear or carry a firearm unless the person has obtained and it covered by liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in the State under the Insurance Article to cover claims for property damage, bodily injury, or death arising from an accident resulting from the person’s use or storage of a firearm or up to $300,000 for damages arising from the same incident, in addition to interest and costs,” the proposed Maryland legislation reads.

      • RagingRobot@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Well it makes it much more likely that someone will be shot for one thing lol. The more guns in the neighborhood the more likely someone is getting shot or a child gets a hold of it by mistake. All kinds of stuff can happen and just introducing a gun to the situation statistically increases the chance someone gets hurt.

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            9 months ago

            Protect me from who? I have never been in a situation where I need to pull a gun on someone and I never will be. If someone wants to rob me they can I have insurance. They would really have no reason to want to kill me. I’m not anyone’s enemy.

            What are you so scared of?

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              @RagingRobot From Nazi’s militia, from school shooters, from your boss, your landlord and make sure your insurance really wants to pay for your claim.
              Sounds like you scared of nothing? It only proves you are a landlord, business owner, or you are a white man from Nazi’s militia.

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                I only have insurance because it was required to get a mortgage but I am thankful to have it in case I need it. I need a house to live in and I don’t need a gun but I’m not even complaining that it’s required. So not because I am scared exactly but yeah that’s how I deal with risk. In a modern civilized way.

                I don’t lock myself in my house with a bunch of guns peeking out the window waiting for bad guys to show up. The average person doesn’t need to worry about that stuff.

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                  @RagingRobot

                  1. You can Google how much money those insurance company worth on stock market. You will also find how much those CEOs get paid.
                  2. You don’t need to pay for mortgage for your house or food if WE are united with guns on our hand.
                  3. Civilized being exploited and killed?
                  4. No you don’t need to lock yourself.
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      9 months ago

      Great, so if someone tries to kill me I should just let them do it for a marginal “increase” in “neighborhood safety” (not my safety of course after I’m murdered.) That makes sense.

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          What shitty thing did Emitt Till do that made people want to kill him? What shitty thing did Harvey Milk do to make people want to kill him? JFK? MLK?

          What shitty thing did you do today? Victim blame.

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            9 months ago

            JFK was surrounded by people with guns and it didn’t help him one bit though. I wasn’t blaming anyone.

            I was questioning why you are so scared?

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              Oh word and that is what you’re putting forth as your theory of “what JFK did to make people want to kill him?” Interesting take on the conspiracy, can’t say I agree but you’re entitled to your own opinion. Personally I think he wasn’t shot at all, his head just did that.

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                Also, are you really comparing yourself to MLK? You definitely should stay away from guns and sharps.

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                  9 months ago

                  Haha. No dingus I’m refuting your “point” that “I must’ve done something to deserve it” that "made these people want to kill me. Do trans people deserve it? The 4 women killed by abusive partners/day, do they deserve it? Foh.

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                    I don’t think I made that point unless it was in another thread, sorry I’m dealing with a lot of pro gun idiots at the moment.