San Jose approves gun control plan requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance, pay annual fee
The San Jose City Council unanimously approved new gun control measures in a vote Tuesday night.
With the Bay Area's largest city still reeling from last month's shooting at the VTA Guadalupe light rail yard, leaders there are taking more steps to reduce gun violence and the toll that it takes on the public.
Tuesday evening, the San Jose City Council voted to approve a proposal that will require all gun owners citywide to carry liability insurance, and to pay an annual fee that would go toward supporting emergency and police services.
Officials say San Jose is the first city in the state to implement such laws.
"We've got to do more to ensure that burdens are property borne by those who choose to exercise their right to own a gun and to ensure that those fees and insurance requirements will incentivize safer gun ownership," said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.