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Wednesday, 02/03/2016 2:31:03 PM

Wednesday, February 03, 2016 2:31:03 PM

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Lawmaker proposes requiring gun owners to register with insurance companies

Looks like the government is looking for more and more backdoor ways to make it painful to own a gun!!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/03/lawmaker-proposes-requiring-gun-owners-to-register-with-insurance-companies.html

A bill introduced last week at the Statehouse would require gun owners to report their weapons to home insurance companies.

The bill, H.709, is currently in the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, and it’s only in “short form.” This means it’s relatively simple and vague.

“This bill proposes to require an insurer that writes homeowner’s insurance policies to require a policyholder to disclose to the company whether the homeowner or member of his or her household possesses a gun that is stored on the insured property.”

State Rep. Thomas Stevens, D-Waterbury, one of the bill’s two sponsors, views the proposed legislation as a way to let the private sector regulate guns.

“I believe it can be a free market answer to an important gun safety issue — let the insurance companies and banks decide what risks they need to consider when making mortgages and home owners insurance. Insurance companies ask lots of questions to determine that already.”

Stevens’ bill is one of many gun control initiatives beginning to flood the Statehouse. Others include municipal gun laws proposed for Burlington, as well background check legislation, which failed last year.

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