New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate democrats continue their quest to usurp the Second Amendment by imposing undue burdens on those exercising that right in the Empire State. The latest attack is a bill that would require “owners of firearms to obtain liability insurance in an amount not less than one million dollars.”
State Senate Bill S2857A, sponsored by Kevin S. Parker, would “amend the insurance law, to require firearm owners, prior to such ownership, to obtain and continuously maintain a policy of liability insurance to cover any damages resulting from the use of such firearm.”
If passed, the bill would require law-abiding gun owners to buy insurance policies that may not even exist within the state yet. It would also represent a financial burden, as these policies will undoubtedly be costly. Many of New York’s State’s lower income citizens fill the freezer with meat obtained during hunting seasons, but the added expense of the insurance would greatly increase the cost of that protein and for hunting as well as home and self defense in general.
The first sentence of the opening paragraph gives a clue as to the potential cost of such a policy:
