An Interesting Idea on Sensible Gun Control
I love Ronni Bennett. Her elderblog, Time Goes By , is my go-to source for all things aging. Others agree with me, as did John Gear, who sent her an article he wrote in 1999. I'm excerpting it, with comments in italics, below. It's an interesting idea, one that makes sense to me because it talks to Americans where they are most vulnerable - in their wallets. John Gear, in The Progressive Review : We can fix the gun problem. We can make America safer, without limiting our right to bear arms. And we can do it without an expensive, dangerous, and futile "War on Guns." To solve the real problem (keeping guns out of the wrong hands-without restricting other people) we must use an idea that has worked to limit losses from many other hazards: insurance. That's right, insurance, the system of risk-management contracts that lets people take responsibility for choices they make that impose risks on others. I know you didn't buy your gun to hurt me, but it ...