Maryland House Democrats introduced a controversial gun safety bill requiring gun owners to forfeit their ability to wear or carry without firearm liability insurance.

Introduced by Del. Terri Hill, D-Howard County, the legislation would prohibit the “wear or carry” of a gun anywhere in the state unless the individual has obtained a liability insurance policy of at least $300,000.

"A person may not wear or carry a firearm unless the person has obtained and it covered by liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in the State under the Insurance Article to cover claims for property damage, bodily injury, or death arising from an accident resulting from the person’s use or storage of a firearm or up to $300,000 for damages arising from the same incident, in addition to interest and costs,” the proposed Maryland legislation reads.

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      Feel free to stay in the violence free paradise that you’ve found, but don’t tell anyone where this mythical utopia is or they’ll surely invade.

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        Don’t worry, it’s not a secret. It’s called “any other wealthy country with gun control (which is basically all of them)”.

        Sure, it’s not exactly violence free but the chances of your child being mutilated beyond recognition by a former “responsible gun owner” are close to zero.

        Even in the poorest communities, “gunshots or fireworks” just isn’t a thing. Even for the most despised minority groups, “this confrontation could escalate to murder before anyone could intervene” isn’t a thing.

        It’s way better.

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          Oh word y’all don’t have stabbings or rapes or anything in any other country at all? News to me.

          Sure, it’s not exactly violence free

          Ah gotcha, that’s what I thought. Call me when it is.

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            That didn’t take much prodding did it? You’ve just let slip your contempt for a lower crime rate, fewer murders and no monthly extremist killing as many minorities or children as they can.

            I guess all your talk about criminals, rape, self defense and protecting minorities was just bullshit rhetoric after all.

            If there’s no gun sales in it, you openly don’t care.

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              Lower crime rates can exist in places with high rates of gun ownership, and high crime rates can exist without legal gun ownership at all. It’s almost like there are external factors and other differences between these countries that contribute to it, like wealth inequality or lack of social safety nets.

              “Ohhh you don’t care”

              Yeah well you don’t care if people get stabbed so we’re even then lol.

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                It’s almost like there are external factors and other differences between these countries that contribute to it, like wealth inequality or lack of social safety nets.

                Cool, sounds like you don’t need guns then.

                Yeah well you don’t care if people get stabbed so we’re even then lol.

                I’m not advocating people carry knives around, nor trying to block laws aimed at reducing knife crime. Are you this easily confused when you’re carrying your guns around?

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                  'Cept for we do because said crime.

                  No no, you say it’s fine in other countries because no shooty, but stabby ok, don’t walk it back now.