Don Thompson
The Associated PressCalifornia would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure announced Thursday, June 16.“Guns kill more people than cars. Yet gun owners are not required to carry liability insurance like car owners must,” Democratic state Sen. Nancy Skinner said in a statement.She said the costs of gun violence shouldn’t be borne by taxpayers, survivors, families, employers and communities: “It’s time for gun owners to shoulder their fair share.”The state of New York is considering a similar requirement in the wake of numerous recent mass shootings and a rise in gun violence.In January, the Silicon Valley city of San Jose ap
