Law Discussion

 Out in California, there's a draft bill circulating around, and discussion starting up.  It basically says (if passed), you as a land-lord must ask a tenet if they own guns, and if you purchase renter's insurance...that company....must ask the tenet if they own guns.  Then the two of them....must in some fashion....pass the info to the state gov't.

I sat and pondered over this.

Most people would probably not answer the question with either the landlord or the insurance company.  If it came up that they were found to have a gun?  Well....it'd trigger a police visit and likely confiscation of the gun, or even worse....getting kicked out of the house.

Would the insurance company charge more (eventually) for a guy who needs home-renter insurance, who has a gun....compared to the guy who does not have a gun?  I would imagine this trend would occur within five years.

What you should do?  Just say 'no', and keep the gun in your car/truck.  Or you could rent a storage unit with a gun locker.....keeping your hunting rifles/shotguns there....instead of the house.

Is it just making more trouble?  Oh, without any doubt.  I could see in two years....some state mandate....asking how many mowers you own, or how many dogs you own, or how many cellphones you actually own.