re: #53 Anymouse

Penalties for misuse of a gun are already very high (if you are referring to gun insurance). Doesn’t stop the carnage of Vietnam every year.

For car insurance, damn straight insurance should be mandatory on public roads, we have a hundred years of malfeasance by drivers that proves we need it.

But we don’t really have strict liability for gun misuse. E.g., incidents relating to poorly secured guns that a child gets into etc. are often officially classified as ‘accidents’, perhaps because the person who screwed up is usually a grieving relative.

So follow Jim Wright’s modest proposal: “There is no such thing as an accidental discharge.” At law, eliminate the concept of an accidental discharge. There are only deliberate discharges and negligent discharges, and if someone is injured or killed because of such, follow ordinary civil and criminal liability principles.