San Jose Votes To Enact , First-in-Nation , Gun Ownership Requirements.<br />San Jose Votes To Enact , First-in-Nation , Gun Ownership Requirements.<br />On Jan. 25, the San Jose, California, city council voted to adopt an ordinance that would require the majority of gun owners to <br />pay an annual $25 fee and have liability insurance.<br />It's the first time such an ordinance would be implemented in the United States.<br />The measure is intended to promote safer behavior and lessen the financial burden of <br />gun violence taxpayers endure.<br />Mayor Sam Liccardo estimates that the city's residents incur nearly $442 million in gun-related expenses per year.<br />Certainly, the Second <br />Amendment protects <br />every citizen's right <br />to own a gun. It does <br />not require taxpayers <br />to subsidize that right, Sam Liccardo, San Jose Mayor, <br />via news conference.<br />The $25 fee would go to a nonprofit tasked with distributing the money to gun crime prevention and gun violence victims.<br />The ordinance's final reading will <br />take place next month, where it must be <br />approved to take effect in August.<br />Gun rights activists have already threatened lawsuits if the measures become law.<br />CNN reports that a 2021 Gallup poll found that only 52% of Americans think "laws covering the sales of firearms" should be more strict
