…Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association President Mark Hinkle said he expects the city to continue to face lawsuits over what he describes as an unconstitutional tax on gun owners.
“I don’t think (the new policy) will have any impact on crime or suicides, and people who don’t want to abide by this law will probably go ahead and just ignore it,” he told San José Spotlight.
Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said San Jose’s public notice regarding its gun policy change is more akin to a marketing scheme given state regulations already call for these policies.
He also said enforcing the gun policy on insurance liability and fee collection will be difficult because city officials have no way of tracking gun owners.
“They don’t even accept the fact that all homeowners and apartment renters have insurance already that covers any accidents with firearms, because firearms are considered a personal property,” Paredes told San José Spotlight. “How are they going to talk to people? We know that the city of San Jose does not want to send a tax collector knocking on every door saying, ‘You have a gun. We need your gun tax.’”
— Vicente Vera in San Jose follows state’s lead on tougher gun laws; critics say policy unfairly taxes owners
what is this article talking about? a tax? an insurance requirement? i can’t make heads or tales from this snippet.
also, that is the most cluttered “gun shop” i’ve ever seen. house plants? flowers?
“unconstitutional tax on gun owners.” This quote describes the ‘tax’ on gun owners.
and “I don’t think (the new policy)” quoted here says the ‘new tax’ is a ‘new policy’. The new policy gave rise to the new tax.
Rest assured this new tax/new policy has absolutely nothing to do with safety, butt everything to do with their disdain for gun owners.
uh okay more tasty word salad