New Jersey Gun Law Would Mandate Liability Insurance

The New Jersey Advance reports:

New Jersey’s top lawmakers unveiled sweeping gun legislation Thursday that would significantly restrict when and where guns can be carried outside of the home, a bill they touted as “the nation’s strongest measure concerning concealed carry.”

The bill would, among other things, require people wanting to carry guns in public to purchase liability insurance — the first statewide mandate of its kind in the nation should the bill become law — and banning guns from being carried in 25 broad categories, including but not limited to government buildings, health care facilities, airports, casinos and private properties where the owners have not given express permission to have guns.

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New Jersey lawmakers are introducing legislation that would require residents who want to buy a gun purchase liability insurance and complete additional gun safety training. People with mental disorders or alcoholism would be banned from getting a concealed carry permit. pic.twitter.com/lc0FxZUk3y

— Madeleine Wright (@MWrightReports) October 13, 2022

If you need liability insurance to drive a car, why shouldn’t liability insurance be required to own a gun? In our gun-crazy USA more people are killed by guns than in auto accidents. Gun liability insurance is essential to “common sense” gun control. https://t.co/JqvWaD7XAA

— Richard Dien Winfield (@WinfieldForUS) October 13, 2022

Among other things, the bill would:

– Require people wanting to carry guns in public to purchase liability insurance
– Ban guns from being carried in govt buildings, health care facilities, airports and 22 other broad categorieshttps://t.co/W0etKSqrq0

— POLITICO (@politico) October 13, 2022

Some N.J. gun owners could be forced to buy liability insurance under new plan to toughen laws https://t.co/H7EYEevEf9

— njdotcom (@njdotcom) October 13, 2022