Despite threats from gun rights groups of legal action, the San Jose City Council has approved a mandate that gun owners in the city obtain liability insurance and also pay an annual fee to the city, ostensibly to offset the costs of so-called “gun violence.” Perhaps unintentionally, KGO News in San Francisco gave critics an […]
San Jose Gun Control Mandates Coming, Will Lawsuits Quickly Follow?
The City of San Jose may be headed for a court battle as the city council is preparing to adopt a new gun control scheme that will require gun owners in the city to carry liability insurance, and also pay an annual fee, estimated somewhere between $25-$35, ostensibly to provide “services” from a new non-profit, […]
San Jose Council Vote: Tax Gun Owners for Crimes Others Commit!
The San Jose City Council has unanimously voted to charge an annual “gun owner fee to help cover the cost of gunshot-related police and ambulance response and medical treatment,” according to KNTV News, the local NBC affiliate. The “yet-to-be-determined” fee for gun owners amounts to a tax on the exercise of a constitutional right, and […]
Biden Exploits San Jose Shooting for Gun Control Push
Reacting swiftly to the mass shooting in San Jose by an apparent “disgruntled employee” who had legally purchased three guns allegedly used in the incident, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass tougher gun control laws, even though it was immediately obvious California’s already-strict laws hadn’t prevented the carnage. “Once again,” Biden said in […]
Coronavirus Collateral Damage: Commercial Burglaries up in Seattle, San Jose
UPDATED 4/8 @ 2:45 P.M.–Commercial businesses have been closed by shelter-in-place orders in several states in reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak, but criminals didn’t get the memo—or maybe they did—because in Seattle, Wash., and San Jose, Calif., there have been reported spikes in commercial burglaries, and one Seattle report said the crime has “exploded.” In […]
In Panic, Second Amendment Right Not Outmoded After All
A rush on gun stores across the country to purchase firearms and ammunition shows that during a period of national panic, Americans fall back on the Second Amendment for reassurance, say some in the gun rights community, but in two American cities, officials are saying gun shops are non-essential businesses. The San Jose Mercury News […]