Just one year after the District of Columbia passed a law making it slightly less expensive to register a handgun, the liberal city council is trying again to discourage gun ownership by making it prohibitively expensive.

On Thursday, the D.C. Council will hold a hearing on a bill proposed by Mary M. Cheh to require gun owners to buy liability insurance. The legislation, introduced in March, would force potential gun owners to get a policy of at least  $250,000 before the city would consider their applications to register a firearm.

[readon2 url=”http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/15/miller-dc-restarts-gun-control-frenzy-mandatory-li/”]Read the rest in the Washington Times[/readon2]