On Thursday, a California legislator introduced a measure that would make gun owners get liability insurance for certain use of their weapons.
State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) is introducing the measure, which is being changed into SB 505, a bill that had been brought forward by a different senator on a separate topic. If California makes it into law, it would be the first state in the country to put into effect such a measure.
“Guns kill more people than cars,” Skinner said, according to KTVU. “Yet gun owners are not required to carry liability insurance like car owners must. Why should taxpayers, survivors, families, employers, and communities bear the $280 billion annual cost of gun violence? It’s time for gun owners to shoulder their fair share.”…
