Greater Gun Harm Reduction

[eddiememphis]

San Jose, California Mayor, City Council and DA all want to save lives.

https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Compo...News/2943/4699

Highlights:

...San Jose would become the first city in the nation to require that every gun owner have liability insurance coverage for their firearms, to incentivize safer behavior from gun owners, and to compensate many injured victims.

...San Jose would become the first U.S. city to require gun owners to pay a fee to compensate taxpayers for the public cost of responding to gun-related injuries and death...

...these rules create a constitutionally-compliant mechanism to enable law enforcement to impound guns from high-risk individuals unwilling to follow the law.

...making it illegal in San Jose to possess, manufacture, or assemble a "ghost gun"...

...require fingerprinting with all ammunition purchases.

...create a public campaign encouraging reporting of implied or explicit threats of violence...

...a final ordinance requiring gun stores to video and audio-record all gun sale transactions...


I have read they likely cannot do anything because they may be exceeding their authority. However, this is another reason Colorado SB21-256 is a horrible idea. I am certain once the bill is signed into law, Denver and Boulder, at least, will follow suit.

Another note, I have been reading for years that anti gun forces will use the banks and insurance to curtail the private ownership of firearms. It would be easy for an insurer to deny coverage because of firearm possession, citing higher risk. This could extend to health insurance as well.