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The San Jose City Council overwhelmingly approved the measure despite opposition from gun owners who said it would violate their Second Amendment rights.
A gun rights group and a gun owner have filed a lawsuit against a California city for a newly passed ordinance requiring citizens to obtain firearm liability insurance and pay an annual fee. The National Association for Gun Rights and gun owner Mark Sikes sued San Jose in federal court Tuesday after City Council members voted to approve the ordinance believed to be the first measure of its kind in the United States. Sikes is from San Jose.
A gun-rights group and a gun owner have filed a lawsuit against a California city over a newly approved ordinance requiring residents to obtain firearm liability insurance and pay an annual fee.
The measure, which the San Jose City Council approved Tuesday, is an“ unprecedented step,” according to the federal lawsuit that the National Association for Gun Rights and local gun owner Mark Sikes filed that evening. The lawsuit said San Jose will require“ virtually all gun owners within its city limits to pay unspecified sums of money to private insurance...
The San Jose City Council overwhelmingly approved the measure despite opposition from gun owners who said it would violate their Second Amendment rights.