Plans to mandate liability coverage for U.S. gun owners after last year’s school shooting in Connecticut have languished as opponents attack the proposals by comparing them to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul. Lawmakers in Illinois voted down by a margin of more than 2-to-1 a measure that would have required $1 million of insurance. Similar proposals were excluded from gun-control bills that passed in California and Connecticut. Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, said he withdrew his firearms- liability bill because of a lack of support.
“Society is not yet ready to impose the cost of gun ownership on owners and manufacturers,” Raskin said. “That would require a dramatic shift in public understanding and political dialogue.”
“We oppose proposals that would mandate gun liability insurance, as property/casualty insurance does not and cannot cover intentional criminal behavior,” Willem Rijksen, a spokesman for the American Insurance Association, said in an e- mailed statement.
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