San Jose became the first city in America last year to require gun owners carry liability insurance.
A lawsuit challenging San Jose’s new law requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance has suffered a major blow after a federal judge dismissed nearly all the claims by pro-gun groups., faced immediate lawsuits by the Colorado-based National Association for Gun Rights and the state’s Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which argued it was unconstitutional, burdensome and that San Jose hadn’t proven it would reduce gun violence.
“The Court’s order is a victory for San Jose today, and for many other communities in the future,” wrote former Mayor Sam Liccardo, who helped pass the insurance law, in a statement. “The gun lobby’s grip over Congress and many state houses leaves it to local leaders to offer our families something more than ‘hopes and prayers.
In a statement, the National Association for Gun Rights wrote, “This ruling is what happens when judges rely more on anti-gun groups likethan the actual ruling authorities here – namely the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court…No one would argue that having to pay $25 a year to petition your government or speak your mind wouldn’t violate those rights – and yet that is exactly what this court has claimed when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms.
The city and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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