For that matter, insurance in general is nothing more than legalized gambling. You are betting that you will need it and the insurance company is hoping you don't. If you do use it, the insurance companies usually raise your premiums. In my opinion, it would be better if we all took care of our own and stopped buying insurance. As fare as health insurance is concerned, if health care was nationalized, you wouldn't need health insurance.
Gun control is the first step in removing our right to bare arms.
Like drugs, if you outlaw guns, only the criminals will have them. I'm not talking about assault rifles, I'm talking about legal hand guns and rifles. Maybe if we all started carring our guns around, crime would decline faster than it is now. Another good thing that would come if we all carried guns, is that the hot heads would be the first elliminated. Drugs are another point of contension with me.