I think gun laws should mimic drivers' license laws

[branford]

6. Some questions and comments:

If your model for gun regulation is drivers licenses with a national standard for training and certification, would you then agree that such a license would permit the ownership and carrying of a firearm in all 50 states, effectively preempting state and local laws, just like a drivers' license is valid across the country regardless of state of issuance?

What do you mean by "rapid-fire weapons?" If you mean fully automatic firearms, they are already highly restricted under the National Firearms act and account for near statistically zero crimes, suicides or accidents. If you mean semi-automatic firearms, they account for the vast majority of the most popular and ubiquitous firearms legally owned in America, are expressly protected under the Heller and McDonald Supreme Court decisions, and your proposal would be amount to a near complete prohibition on firearms, particularly those most useful for self-defense.

Additionally, firearm insurance is probably not what you think it is, would do nothing to stem crime or accidents, most legal gun owners are already covered, and if mandatory, quite likely unconstitutional.

See my extensive post on the subject here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7135948