Gun liability policies must cover bodily injury, death and property damage sustained by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of a firearm carried in public, according to the new state law. Coverage limits must be at least $300,000. (Credit: Alexander Lukatskiy/Shutterstock.com) Gun liability policies must cover bodily injury, death and property damage sustained by any person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of a firearm carried in public, according to the new state law. Coverage limits must be at least $300,000. (Credit: Alexander Lukatskiy/Shutterstock.com)

As the number of mass shooting events has grown, so have concerns over general gun safety control. Exactly how much control a state may assert over its citizens and their guns is a topic of hot debate. Gun control measures in multiple states have been criticized by pro-gun groups or even struck down entirely for being unconstitutional. For example, in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, the Supreme Court ruled that New York's requirement for citizens to demonstrate a particular need for self-defense in order to receive a permit to carry a handgun in public violated both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. Not all such measures, however, have fallen flat.

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