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crickets

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3. Here's an idea to go along with that:

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 11:41 PM

Mar 2021

Give the insurance industry firearms insurance to replace the revenue from health insurance. Then overhaul health insurance, giving them little to no wiggle room for crying poor.

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thom hartmann "Guns: There's a "Free Market" Solution Every Republican Should Love" [View all] orleans Mar 2021 OP

The pro-gun people have an immediate and simple answer. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #1

Is the author unaware of the "registration leads to confiscation" argument? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2021 #2

Here's an idea to go along with that: crickets Mar 2021 #3

The real cost of a gun Turbineguy Mar 2021 #4

Problem: J_William_Ryan Mar 2021 #5

And laws regulating said ownership is right there too SoonerPride Mar 2021 #6

"A well regulated militia." I like the idea of if you own a assault style you have to be in a mitch96 Mar 2021 #15

This stupidity gets tedious Azathoth Mar 2021 #7

That's the rationale behind driver's licenses, but not the logic behind requiring liability Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #13

I agree with Thom... Sancho Mar 2021 #8

"A Well Regulated Militia" IbogaProject Mar 2021 #9

Not that old canard again ... Straw Man Mar 2021 #14

Insurance lets the market decide. Profit for the NRA keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #10

A question and a correction. Straw Man Mar 2021 #11

About 34,000 people still lose their lives in car crashes in the U.S. each year. CentralMass Mar 2021 #12

It would certainly extend the NRA a desperately needed financial life line hack89 Mar 2021 #16

Sure - if that license is recognized nationally like my drivers license. hack89 Mar 2021 #17

People drive without insurance every day MichMan Mar 2021 #18