An Insurance Mandate...For Your Dog

You just know this is coming from a Democrat:

Motorists are already required to carry auto insurance in Texas, the new health care bill requires that every American carry health insurance, and now there's a new mandate in the works---dog insurance.

State Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio) has introduced a bill that would require any Texans who owns a male dog which weighs 20 pounds or more and is not neutered to have an insurance policy covering injuries or damage caused by that dog when it is off the leash or out of the dog's yard, 1200 WOAI's Michael Board reports.

I thought if your dog acted up in Texas they'd just take it out and shoot it.

I don't think this State Rep knows much about insurance. Anybody with any sort of homeowner's policy already has coverage for this through the liability portion of the policy.  I don't think this will get far in the State legislature.