Gun Insurance

The feds did not outright ban guns, but required gun owners to carry gun insurance. The thinking was that if someone is killed or hurt by a gun the insurance company would pay for the loss or medical care of the victim. It was surprising to me how quickly people rushed to support this new federal law. Many said this was no worse that insurance for drivers. But just like some car drivers, it was pointed out, people don’t always buy insurance. Would criminals buy insurance? Soon the bill was changed that proof of insurance had to be offered at the time of purchase. Since guns could be stolen or lost, this insurance that was bought at the time of purchase, lasting for 99 years. Not some small annual premium, but a hefty one-time fee. I read that a $300 handgun would also cost $8000 for this one-time insurance. I don’t have to tell you how this went over with gun owners. Soon the penalty portion of the bill was made public: 10 years in Federal Prison.

It was at this point I first heard the word: secession vocalized by not just a few extremists, but by sitting governors. It will soon become apparent to you that I am not fond of what the media did during this time to insight the whole country. They would find the most vocal, most extreme people on both sides of the issue to appear on their shows. Soon we were actually discussing, what should have been serious discussion, to what state would be the first to succeed from the Union. The anti-gun groups loved the insurance bill and soon endorsed the bill with the hope that either people would have to turn in their guns or go to prison. They did not care which happened, although I think that many were hoping that both would occur. This was the liberal’s idea of rapture: all the guns gone and all the conservative rednecks in prison. The seeds of rebellion were planted.