Using Technology to Deepen Democracy, Using Democracy to Ensure Technology Benefits Us All

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Treating Gun Safety Like Car Safety


Speed limits and restrictions of driving to roads also suggest useful analogies.

3 comments:

jollyspaniard said...

The insurance requirements would kill gun ownership, that's one big unfunded externality.

Unknown said...

Well then, let's make sure that no private party sells a CAR to anyone without a background check then. I mean, your neighbor could be a drunken driver with a revoked license for all you know.

Dale Carrico said...

Laws vary by state, but as a general matter if you are buying a car for your own use you do have to have a valid driver's license -- and certainly a revoked license would be flagged in the process of financing, registering, or getting insurance for a car. If you are proposing that these state by state regulations should be strengthened or made more uniform, that may deserve consideration.