Posted on 01/25/2022 5:31:54 PM PST by MAGA2017
(CNN)San Jose, California, is getting closer to adopting a first-in-the-nation law to address gun violence by requiring all gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance.
The Silicon Valley city's council is due to vote Tuesday on the ordinance, whose dual-pronged approach aims to reduce the risk of gun harm by incentivizing safer behavior and to ease taxpayers of the financial burden of gun violence.
"Certainly the Second Amendment protects every citizen's right to own a gun. It does not require taxpayers to subsidize that right," Democratic Mayor Sam Liccardo said Monday at a news conference, estimating that San Jose residents incur about $442 million in gun-related costs each year. Mass shootings have impelled Liccardo to push the fee and insurance measures -- first after the 2019 slayings at a festival in nearby Gilroy, California, then following last year's deadly siege at public transit facility in his city. The mayor has compared the plan to car insurance mandates, which he credits with dramatically reducing traffic fatalities.
San Jose city council after the June mass shooting unanimously approved drafting the ordinance, mayoral spokesperson Rachel Davis said Monday in a news release. If it's approved Tuesday and on second reading February 8, it would take effect August 8.
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“Certainly the Second Amendment protects every citizen’s right to own a gun. It does not require taxpayers to subsidize that right,” Democratic Mayor Sam Liccardo said Monday.” ... requiring all gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance.
LOL! Is this clown that stupid?!
Unconstitutional on its face. It will get shot down in the courts.
Imagine the same reasoning used against BLM and ANTIFA when they ‘protest’, burn city blocks down, loot and kill cops.
“... ... requiring any BLM and ANTIFA member to pay a fee and carry liability insurance.”
If armed citizens are being held responsible for firearm misuse, then the citizens must be empowered to fight against firearm violence.
Every armed citizen should then be deputies and have the power to kill criminals.
But San Jose would not like that too much.
Let's get this straight, just in case on of these morons reads this. It is wrong to murder. It is right to defend yourself or loved ones from someone trying to murder you.
Right and wrong have no meaning to these leftist imbeciles because they have no comprehension of good and evil. They lack the values and understanding that Western Civilization has been built. These are the same people that will spend tremendous amounts of money and energy to brutally murder innocent unborn babies by the millions and force you to pay for it through taxes. That is inherently evil and it is part of their most fundamental composition. At every turn they side with evil and do everything in their power to thwart good and basic common decency.
Bottom line, we should have zero tolerance of leftists and our ultimate goal is either change their hearts and minds or remove them from our society. Ship their evil asses to China. That would be tax dollars well spent.
You are correct. It seems likely that the local law will be unconstitutional.
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