The idea has been floated for years, and it may seem straightforward enough: if gun owners were required to purchase liability insurance, proponents argue, they would have to follow safe practices to ...

On Jan. 25 this year, San Jose fired a shot heard ‘round the country. By an overwhelming majority, the city council mandated that homeowners and renters in this wealthy California community who own ...

In the Feb. 5-6 paper, Trish Zornio says Colorado should follow San Jose on gun liability insurance. That sounds good if it’s as simple as paying for an insurance policy if my gun causes any damages, ...

BOSTON (AP) — As lawmakers cast around for ways to curb gun-related violence, some are hoping the insurance market might offer incentives. A bill filed Friday in Massachusetts would require gun owners ...

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This commentary is by Dr. Turner Osler, a career academic trauma surgeon at the University of Vermont Medical Center turned research epidemiologist. Over a long career as an academic trauma surgeon, I ...

San Jose’s city council this winter passed an ordinance requiring most of the California city’s gun owners to carry liability insurance for accidental shootings – a first in the nation. It might seem ...

Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Abby Kassal is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation ...

Perhaps the most heart-rending story coming out of the July 4 massacre in Highland Park, Ill., is that of Aidan McCarthy, the 2-year-old boy found at the scene of the tragedy looking for his parents.

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. The nation’s first gun insurance mandate took effect this year in San Jose, California. Gun owners in the city are ...