Can gun liability insurance make our neighborhoods safer?
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The nation’s first gun insurance mandate took effect this year in San Jose, California. Gunowners in the city are required to have liability insurance, or they'll be fined a minimum of $250. But can insurance actually curb gun violence?
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| 0:51.0 | You cannot legally drive a car without insurance. |
| 0:55.0 | That is true in 49 of the 50 states. |
| 0:58.0 | The reason, of course, is that cars can be dangerous machines and drivers make mistakes. |
| 1:04.0 | In fact, more than 42,000 people died in car crashes in 2021 alone, |
| 1:10.0 | according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
| 1:14.0 | However, there's another potentially deadly machine that caused even more deaths that same year. |
| 1:21.0 | Guns. |
| 1:23.0 | Some 48,000 people died due to firearms in 2021, 6,000 more than in car crashes. |
| 1:30.0 | So if firearms are more dangerous in America than cars, |
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