>That would just be a way to make people who are young, not white, live in higher crime areas, etc, etc pay more. Except for the racial discrimination that all

>That would just be a way to make people who are young, not white, live in higher crime areas, etc, etc pay more. Except for the racial discrimination that all sounds reasonable, and racial discrimination is avoidable[0]. Car insurance costs more depending on where you live, what kind of car you have, your age, your education, your driving history, etc. I recently looked into getting a car and decided against it because cost of parking + insurance + depreciation was greater than renting every other weekend. I don't believe driving is less essential a right than gun ownership. > Shooting something/someone you shouldn't be shooting is incredibly rare A large portion of violent crime is committed with stolen weapons.[1] I believe the original owner should be liable if the weapon wasn't properly secured. From the OP: "Two-thirds of gun deaths in the United States every year are suicides. Almost no proposed restriction would make it meaningfully harder for people with guns on hand to use them." Key phrase - guns on hand. Guns are a highly effective and impulse-friendly suicide method. "Various studies of survivors of suicide have calculated that as many as two-thirds of those who reported suicidal behavior did not plan their attempt...About half of those did so within 20 minutes, and three-quarters of suicide attempts occurred within an hour."[2] Also from OP: "And the last notable group of similar deaths was the 1,700 women murdered per year, usually as the result of domestic violence." A world where a woman is beaten instead of shot because there isn't a gun in the house, or the gun isn't easily accessible is a world where that woman survives and can seek help. It's not a good world, but it's better. Imagine a gun safe that opens one hour after you put in the code. Still accessible for deliberate action, while drastically reducing the cost of impulsive violence. P.S. The racial discrimination link is a good read, check it out. [0] https://research.google.com/bigpicture/attacking-discrimination-in-ml/ https://research.google.com/bigpicture/attacking-discriminat... [1] http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-parsons-stolen-guns-20170727-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-parsons-stolen-gu... [2] https://www.bradycampaign.org/the-link-between-suicide-and-guns-impulsivity https://www.bradycampaign.org/the-link-between-suicide-and-g...