Like a car, registration, permits, licenses, etc are all about those who are willing to obey the rule of law. Personally I believe that gun owners should have a responsibility to insure themselves and others from the improper use of their possession. Of course, I can see where insurance companies might have an issue with this- getting to charge substantial rates- but I'll bet they would be happy to duke it out with the NRA. I'm sure something could be tacked onto the health care laws requiring citizens with legally owned guns to cough up a wad of dough to keep them.

As an aside-
Ct has some oddities to pistol permitting- the NRA basic pistol class is required for a pistol permit. The pistol permit means concealed carry. The basic NRA class however does not train for concealed carry or prepare the student for 'real life' situations. I've taken the basic course and no way did it qualify me for concealed carry. To carry a pistol to a range to practice though I need a pistol permit. How many permitted, untrained, unprepared persons are now lugging pistols around?

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