Gun owners in San Jose, California, will soon face a yearly tax and be required to carry additional insurance after their city council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to impose the new measures.
The forthcoming fee for gun ownership in the city has not yet been determined, but officials said that anyone found to be in noncompliance will have their weapons confiscated.
The city council’s aim is to try to recoup the cost of responding to gun incidents such as shootings and deaths. According to the Pacific Council on Research and Evaluation, which studied the issue and sent a representative to testify before the panel, gun-related incidents cost the city roughly $63 million every year in the way of paying for police officers, medics and other expenses, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The new measures come just weeks after a disgruntled Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee gunned down and killed nine colleagues at a San Jose railyard.
There is part of a federal law that forbids local cities from enacting a more restrictive law than the state the city is in. Courts will strike this down, but some poor bastards rights will be trampled first!
“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?”Joseph Stalin – Gen Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1952)
They evidently forgot to consult a Constitutional attorney. Or maybe it’s that no California attorney would dare to offer a conflicting opinion.
Let’s see, taxing legal gun owners to pay for the cost of going after illegal guns used by criminals.. Unreal
Short version: They want to tax a Constitutional right. Won’t end well for those passing this action. Loser in court.