They’d also have to pay an annual fee. But opponents promised to fight the measure in court. People on both sides of the issue spoke at length before the vote was taken.
Summary
- The San Jose City Council overwhelmingly approved the measure despite opposition from gun owners who said it would violate their Second Amendment rights and promised to sue.
- Council members, including several who had lost friends to gun violence, said it was a step toward dealing with gun violence, which Councilman Sergio Jimenez called “a scourge on our society.”
- However, gun owners who don’t have insurance won’t lose their guns or face any criminal charges, the mayor said.
- Haven Daley / APThe insurance would be purchased through homeowner’s or renter’s insurance and would cover everyone in a gun owner’s household, CBS SF BayArea reports.
- Liccardo also said gun violence costs San Jose taxpayers $40 million a year in emergency response services.