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Originally Posted by Ohio
It seemed that none of your comments addressed the horrific problems which occurred in Florida:
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You are right, they weren't meant to, they were simply responding to Trump's suggestion of arming teachers.
As far as the horrific problems I think the solution begins with liability insurance. If the States require gun owners to have liability insurance, just as they require car owners then I think that will immediately address all of the issues.
1. You can't buy a gun or ammo without proof of insurance. As a result the insurance company is immediately notified of any and all purchases.
2. The insurance company can also require a background check which includes any and all altercations with the law, threats, social media posts, etc. These background checks would be at the expense of the gun purchaser, not the taxpayer.
3. Regardless of the law the insurance company could make a mental health checkup financially rewarding, just like Driver's ed can cut your premiums.
4. The insurance company would be set up to be the centralized data processor of every important piece of evidence concerning the gun owner. With their computers, algorithms and AI they could immediately detect threats and react far faster than any bureaucracy.
5. Just as insurance companies effectively lobbied for seat belts and air bags and then made the safety rating of a car a key selling point, in the same way they could counterbalance the influence of the NRA. You are not going to get any legislation passed until you balance out the influence of the NRA and the insurance industry is the gorilla in that arena.
6. You don't need to outlaw 17 year olds buying machine guns. Instead the insurance industry could make the cost of liability insurance prohibitively expensive.
7. On the other hand if you have owned hunting rifles for 40 years without incidence your insurance should be negligible.