California city of San Jose set to become the first in the U.S. to enforce an ordinance requiring most gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance.
San Jose, California, is set to become the first U.S. city to enforce an ordinance requiring most gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance.said the City Council had voted in favor of both measures, which are aimed at reducing the risk of gun harm and relieving taxpayers of the financial cost of gun violence.
The council overwhelmingly approved the measures despite opposition from gun owners, who promised to sue, saying the measures would violate their Second Amendment rights. The ordinance still needs approval at aSan Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks alongside Eric Adams, then a candidate for mayor of New York City, at the White House on July 12 after a meeting with President Joe Biden about strategies to reduce gun violence.
Gun owners who do not acquire insurance, however, will not lose their guns or face criminal charges under the new rules. "Thank you to my council colleagues who continue to show their commitment to reducing gun violence and its devastation in our community," Liccardo said. The new measures, he said, will help build a"constitutionally compliant path to mitigate the unnecessary suffering from gun harm in our community."Nine people were killed in a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility in San Jose in May.
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