It's called the 2nd Amendment, Laura.

Laura Beard of Denton thinks gun owners should be required to buy liability insurance for their guns or have them confiscated. She says we have to be insured to drive, and we have to insure our homes. She sees no difference.

Aside from the fact that Laura is just plain wrong -- one does not have to be insured to drive (one may drive another's insured vehicle without buying insurance himself) and one does not have to insure one's home (there is no law requiring that) -- there is a huge difference. Owning a vehicle or a house is not a guaranteed constitutional right. Owning a gun is. It's called the 2nd Amendment.

"Why not gun insurance?" The Dallas Morning News; April 25, 2011; p. 12A.