Adding a victim compensation tax (modeled on the one used for vaccines) to every gun purchase is not a terrible idea, but it isn’t going to happen. And as long as were discussing ideas that will never happen, why go so easy on gun manufacturers? I’d argue that any gun that is discharged resulting in the death or injury of an innocent person should be the partial responsibility of the manufacturer. As long as they sell weapons that even a two year old can fire, and they refuse to make their products even remotely safe to have around the house, they should be liable. You want to sell a product that can kill dozens of people in under a minute? Okay, but you’re responsible for every unjustified death that occurs. It’s nice to be able to say that victims will get compensation, but building in a tax structure to do that really just creates a solution that disincentivizes fundamental change.
Are they going to build and sell a gun that could result in dozens of million dollar settlements? I’d say no.
A high-capacity magazine doesn’t seem like an attractive risk in those circumstances.
