Legislators from the federal government to the state level have been vocalizing their request for improved gun control, and here and there, slipping in a measure that would mandate liability insurance for all legally-owned firearms.
Such recent sentiments are backlash to the outcry of grief and anger following the December grammar school massacre in Newtown, Conn.
And while lawmakers in legislative offices around the country have mulled things over and postured for position in the months since the shooting, the insurance industry has remained subtly quiet.
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