Who pays for the long term health care of gun victims?

[malaise]

Have any sued the NRA to date?

[rampartc]

1. responsible gun owners should carry liability insurance

in fact, why isn't liability insurance required for gun owners?

[NutmegYankee]

2. Because it won't cover intentional acts.

No insurance company in the world will cover an intentional act. Burn down your house on purpose and file a claim with your insurance company and see how that works out for you...

[rampartc]

4. but it will cover a lot of "kid finds gun, shoots neighbor" events

as well as the "oh, that gun was stolen" excuses.

and add 1 more bureaucratic inconvenience to the "well regulated milita."

do you think that any one law or policy will stop this? I think hate speech is as responsible for as much of this as guns are.

[FBaggins]

6. Most homeowners policies would cover that nt

[NutmegYankee]

12. I can think of a law that would significantly reduce it.

No semi-automatics in civilian hands period. I've yet to see a mass shooting with a Winchester .30-30 or a Lee-Enflield.

[rampartc]

13. i'd like it, but that is not a short term solution

one of the worst blunders in Iraq and Afghanistan was our failure to disarm the "civilian" population.

[Sherman A1]

3. In the end we as a society pay for the costs

Of these acts and apparently will continue to do so.

[Laffy Kat]

5. I think people can sue anyone for anything.

When I Googled the question specifically, the consensus was that it would more than likely never get as far as a trial. The example given was a hypothetical robbery victim being hit over the head with a baseball bat and trying to sue the baseball bat manufacturer. The case would get tossed before it was heard. It doesn't seem analogous to me but that's what it said.

[Tanuki]

7. The Sandy Hook families have sued Remington, the gun maufacturer

This is the current status of the case:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1UR5H5

[malaise]

8. Thank you

The thinking of the gun manufacturers must make car manufacturers green with envy.

[essme]

9. It's time to tax the crap out of both

guns and bullets...and put that money into a fund to treat victims, both immediate, and long term care.

Taxes pay for other infrastructure, so maybe it's time to consider being out in public with these nuts a public liability.

[phylny]

10. Yours is a good idea. n/t

[malaise]

11. Agree

but I'm banning all assault rifles