San Jose city council votes to adopt a first-in-the-nation ordinance requiring most gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance
The Silicon Valley city's ordinance aims to reduce the risk of gun harm by incentivizing safer behavior and to ease taxpayers of the financial burden of gun violence.San Jose mayor proposes gun owners carry insurance and pay annual fee in wake of mass shootingThe council split the vote into two parts: the first approving the bulk of the bill, including the insurance provisions and the second approving the fee provisions. The insurance vote passed 10-1 while the fees vote passed 8-3.
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