Illinois Legislation a.k.a. "Stupid laws"

These are all bills currently in the Illinois General assembly:

HB 2389-Requires anyone selling a firearm to ask the recipient if they have previously owned a firearm, and if not provide them a firearm safety brochure. I'm not sure who prints or pays for the brochure.

HB 0179-Changes the current storage laws that require a person to keep a firearm locked or otherwise inaccessible from a person 14 years of age or younger to a person 18 years or younger.

HB 0045-Requires anyone selling a firearm to do so at the business premises of a licensed firearm dealer, and requires that dealer to conduct the sale as if the firearm was in their inventory, this requires the NICS background check for all firearm sales.

SB 0085-Holds firearm owners liable for actions of a person they sell a firearm to.

SB 1875-Don't know why, but strikes the word "the" and replaces the same word with "the". I think they wanted to waste some time.

And on the topic of stupid laws......

HB0687

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/4.5 new
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.

"Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Provides that a person shall be deemed the owner of a firearm after the firearm is lost or stolen until such loss or theft is reported to the police department or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides. Provides that the Department of State Police shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the Department finds that the person to whom such card was issued possesses or acquires a firearm and does not submit evidence to the Department of State Police that he or she has been issued in his or her name a liability insurance policy in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Effective January 1, 2010."


Rep. Dunkin, would a person who commits "willful acts" not already be liable for those actions?

Why do we need to force a $1,000,000 insurance policy on every gun owner in Illinois?

Why not a $1,000,000 policy for car owners, more people are hurt by cars than by firearms?
(Look at the CDC statistics, I did.)

Do you own or have relations with someone who owns an insurance company?

I guess if they can't figure out a way to make guns illegal, they will just try everything they can to make firearm ownership too expensive for most people.