San Jose, California
The city council of San Jose, California, has unanimously voted in favor of issuing a tax on firearm owners and requiring them to carry additional insurance in a scheme they say will help compensate the city for the costs of gun violence.
www.foxbusiness.com
An excerpt from the above:
"......Officials have not decided how much gun owners will be required to pay in fees. They would be used to cover the direct costs of gun violence to city taxpayers for services that include police response, ambulance transport and gunshot-related medical treatment for victims..."
Let's see if I have this right:
Law-abiding gun owners that have a legally-purchased firearm and that have not been charged, indicted or convicted of any crime involving any firearm will be taxed to pay for enforcement and prosecution of crimes perpetrated by those that DO use a gun to commit a crime. Now isn't that about the dumbest, most idiotic, most irrational thing you've ever heard of?
Oh, I forgot....we're talking about California....never mind.