Democrats propose $10,000 fine for gun owners who don’t have insurance
A contingent of liberal Democrats in Congress is proposing a new federal gun control idea: mandatory liability insurance for gun owners.
When New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced the legislation last month with eight other Democrats, she boasted that it is “the first bill to require liability insurance of gun buyers nationwide.”
Maloney’s “Firearm Risk Protection Act” requires gun buyers to have “a qualified liability insurance policy” before they are able to legally purchase a firearm.
It also calls for the federal government to impose a fine as much as $10,000 if a gun owner doesn’t have insurance on a firearm purchased after the bill goes into effect.
“It shall be unlawful for a person who owns a firearm purchased on or after the effective date of this subsection not to be covered by a qualified liability insurance policy,” the bill text reads.
The bill would also make it a federal crime to sell a firearm to anyone without insurance.
113TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1369
To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 21, 2013
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MORAN, Mr. RUSH, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a firearm by, a person who is not covered by appropriate liability insurance coverage.
