{"id":147953,"date":"2021-07-15T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=147953"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:21:12","slug":"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose&#8217;s Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders in San Jose have yet to unveil the details of their 2A tax and liability scheme on responsible gun owners, but that hasn\u2019t stopped one pro-gun group from stepping in with a stern warning. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gunrightsfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">National Foundation for Gun Rights (NFGR)<\/a> this week sent a cease-and-desist letter to the San Jose City Council, Mayor, and City Attorney threatening legal action if they proceed as planned. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease be advised that should you pass the proposed ordinance and blatantly violate the constitutional rights of the residents of San Jose, my clients have authorized our firm to file a lawsuit against the City to protect the constitutional rights of their members,\u201d San Francisco-based attorneys David A. Warrington and Harmeet K. Dhillon, who are representing NFGR, wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">@JoeBiden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDOJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">@USDOJ<\/a> &amp; key Administration leaders spent &gt; 2 hours listening to a group of 7 police chiefs, mayors, &amp; community public safety experts @ yesterday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> meeting on reducing gun violence. Grateful for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">@POTUS<\/a>\u2019 s urgency to make our cities safer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5kZgR1tpam\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">https:\/\/t.co\/5kZgR1tpam<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Sam Liccardo (@sliccardo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sliccardo\/status\/1415084066316210177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>But SJ Mayor Sam Liccardo didn\u2019t seem too concerned with the letter, indicating that he expects his agenda to prevail in the courts.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the realm of sensible gun regulation, the gun industry and their lawyers ensure that no good deed goes unlitigated,\u201d Liccardo said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cI suppose that I should not be surprised that they have threatened to sue the City before they\u2019ve even seen a single word in the ordinance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As GunsAmerica previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/san-jose-leaders-approve-gun-control-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">reported<\/a>, the San Jose City Council approved all of the mayor\u2019s proposals back in June, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Liability Insurance Mandate<\/li><li>Tax on Gun Owners&nbsp;<\/li><li>Red Flag Confiscation<\/li><li>Ban on Ghost Guns<\/li><li>Video and Audio-Recorded Gun Sales<\/li><li>Background Checks for Ammo<\/li><li>Encouraging Public to Report \u201cExplicit\u201d or \u201cImplied\u201d Threats<\/li><li>Gun Buy-Back Programs&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis a full-frontal assault on lawful gun owners by the gun control zealots running the city of San Jose,\u201d said Dudley Brown, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Gun Rights, in a press release. \u201cThe city brazenly admits in their own press release that the burden of extra insurance and fees will ONLY be on the law-abiding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bt-usa-announcing-spr300-pro-integrally-suppressed-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\">B&amp;T USA Announcing SPR300 Pro Integrally Suppressed Rifle<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPunishing law-abiding gun owners for the actions of criminals is the kind of insane behavior (the foundation) has come to expect from bureaucrat gun control idiots like the ones that run San Jose,\u201d Brown continued. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"650\" title=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MayorSAmLiccardo.jpg\" alt=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose's Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\" class=\"wp-image-147955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MayorSAmLiccardo.jpg 774w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MayorSAmLiccardo-357x300.jpg 357w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MayorSAmLiccardo-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MayorSAmLiccardo-768x645.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><figcaption>San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.  (<em>Photo: Facebook<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While mayor Liccardo\u2019s plan is meeting fierce resistance from the pro-2A community, the Biden Administration greeted it with open arms.&nbsp; In fact, Liccardo was invited to the White House earlier this week to meet with the president. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liccardo had this to say about the trip, \u201cThis is a hopeful moment for me, an opportunity to be able to hear from colleagues from throughout the country and most importantly to be there while the President is hearing them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe president demonstrated he was passionate about this issue; he\u2019s very concerned about what\u2019s happening on the streets of big cities throughout the country,\u201d Liccardo continued. \u201cHe is really committed toward every prong of the strategy that we articulate around prevention, around intervention, and getting police out there in the street, as well as community-based public safety solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, Biden would love to take the San Jose plan national, forcing all states to adopt gun owner liability insurance, taxes, and all the rest.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The letter: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-5692678a-a681-401a-9f79-d4cf486a3e51\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders in San Jose have yet to unveil the details of their 2A tax and liability scheme on responsible gun owners, but that hasn\u2019t stopped one pro-gun group from stepping in with a stern warning.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":147955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,216,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-147953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose&#039;s Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cPunishing law-abiding gun owners for the actions of criminals is the kind of insane behavior (the foundation) has come to expect...&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro 2A Group Threatens Lawsuit to Stop San Jose&#039;s Gun Owner Tax &amp; Liability Scheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leaders in San Jose have yet to unveil the details of their 2A tax and liability scheme on responsible gun owners, but that hasn\u2019t stopped one pro-gun group from stepping in with a stern warning.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/pro-2a-group-threatens-lawsuit-to-stop-san-joses-gun-owner-tax-liability-scheme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-15T17:20:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T14:21:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MayorSAmLiccardo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"774\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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