The amended Senate Bill 8 was introduced following the mass shootings across the state in January. 

Firearm owners are encouraged to apply for a city of San Jose insurance attestation form to provide proof of insurance coverage.

San Jose Inside Power Poll panelists also worry about impact of “wokeness” and think the state may have reduced criminal sentences too much.

Enforcement of the ordinance, first of its kind in the U.S., will likely only come in connection with criminal investigations.

The National Association for Gun Rights, which considers itself the “conservative alternative” to the National Rifle Association, says the city would violate the Second Amendment by imposing a tax on citizens exercising their right to keep and bear arms. 

Mayor Liccardo's meeting with President Biden and officials at the White House will focus on how gun insurance and other measures enacted in San Jose could be done nationally.

New data shows gun violence incidents in San José cost taxpayers $442 million annually.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo hopes the City Council will this year approve a first-in-the-nation requirement that gun owners insure their weapons or pay fees to keep them.