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[Amishman]

3. think about it a bit further

registration/licensing would be spotty, both Canada and Connecticut have shown that gun owners simply will not comply. Plus if the fee is too high, the whole 'poll tax' argument comes into play. It would be difficult for the courts to uphold a fee structure that sets the cost so high that it effectively blocks low income individuals from gun ownership.

Insurance also would not have the intended goal. Insurance cannot be issued that would cover intentional acts (this is a fundamental principle of the property/causality insurance industry), leaving a very limited scope of coverage. The resulting policies would be very inexpensive since they would almost never be used. To make it worse, the NRA would likely get into the game and use it as a source of further funding.