For the record, I am not a fan of either being mandated, It's just something that never made sense to me, and no one seems to be able to give me a good answer on this. When Obama rolled out Romney-care nationwide, you were mandated to have health insurance, and people understandably got upset. But when I would point out that car insurance is also mandatory, people on both sides of the aisle just shrug like it's no big thing.
I know this is a bit off topic, but for all my petty gripes about this place, GA.WIN is the last political place on the internet I can ask a question and get an answer from an actual human being.
You might want to reserve your judgement just a smidge.
Gun insurance required to buy ammo might change all of our mind on insurance mandates.
Owning a gun is a right; and I offered no opinion on insurance mandates. I only offered an answer to the OP question. Just an idea, that's all.
Is owning ammo though?
Yes. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Without the ammo, they are just sticks.
If there is a semantic opening in the legalese, corrupt politicians and lawyers will find it.
Anyone can own a car, but you need insurance to drive it.
Just like anyone can own a gun (or they should), but you'd need insurance to fire it.
We're splitting hairs here. My point is, any prohibition on using the thing you own is naturally just a government overreach in controlling your own property.
If I own land, then who the hell are you to tell me I can't grow food on it?
If I own a car, who the hell are you to tell me I can't drive it?
If I own a gun, who the hell are you to tell me I can't fire it?
Fine me, sure, but it isn't against the law to do those things. There is a difference between legal rights and lawful rights. The only instance in which someone should ever go to jail is if they infringe another's rights. Otherwise, it's a legal matter, and the worst that should ever happen is being charged a fine because we all came to an agreement on what the cost of doing things that others find annoying or harmful should be.
That's the societal agreement our Founding Fathers understood and has been woefully misinterpreted for decades to keep us from living in God's Creation to the fullest.