San Jose Could Become First U.S. City to Require Gun Liability Insurance
Gun owners in the city of San Jose would be required to carry liability insurance and pay a fee that officials say would be the first of its kind in the United States, following a trend of other Democratic-led cities that have sought to rein in violence through stricter rules.
The city council is expected to vote on the plan Tuesday night.
"San Jose has an opportunity to become a model for the rest of the nation to invest in proven strategies to reduce gun violence, domestic violence and suicide and the many other preventable harms from firearms in our communities," San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a news conference Monday.
Other similar laws have been proposed, but San Jose would be the first city in the country to pass one, according to Brady, a national nonprofit that advocates against gun violence.
The proposed ordinance is part of a broad gun control plan that Liccardo announced following the May 26 mass shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard that left nine people dead, including the employee who opened fire on his colleagues, then killed himself.
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