Maryland House Democrats introduced a controversial gun safety bill requiring gun owners to forfeit their ability to wear or carry without firearm liability insurance.

Introduced by Del. Terri Hill, D-Howard County, the legislation would prohibit the “wear or carry” of a gun anywhere in the state unless the individual has obtained a liability insurance policy of at least $300,000.

"A person may not wear or carry a firearm unless the person has obtained and it covered by liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in the State under the Insurance Article to cover claims for property damage, bodily injury, or death arising from an accident resulting from the person’s use or storage of a firearm or up to $300,000 for damages arising from the same incident, in addition to interest and costs,” the proposed Maryland legislation reads.

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    9 months ago

    One is a right that shall not be infringed, and the other one is a state-regulated privilege (at least for operating the machine on public roads).

    Very simple to understand actually. You can’t put paywalls in front of rights, so this will be dunked right down the shitter if it passes, by the courts.

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      9 months ago

      historically the courts have allowed many restrictions to the second amendment, its only modern revisionism thats reinterpreted “well regulated militia” as “literally anyone except felons” and “the right to bear arms” as “gun companies have a right to unrestricted gun sales”

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        9 months ago

        as “literally anyone except felons”

        Oh don’t worry, they’re revising that part too. They want no limits whatsoever. They want felons to have guns.

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        What a childish response. Your opinion is garbage.

        Rights are something that nobody should ever agree to give up - especially a critical right that enables effective self-defense to the common citizen.

        Fortunately there’s nothing you can do about it, as that right at least is well protected by law and the courts.