My name is Tiffany Cheuvront, and I California Rifle & Pistol Association. This is not the first time that we have commented on the proposed ordinance to require lawful gun owners to either pay affine for exercising their rights or purchase mandatory insurance. CRPA stands in opposition to the Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance.
Additional Comments were submitted to the City Clerk.
You guys are blatantly violating the 2nd amendment. You may get away with it in the short term but definitely not in the long term so why waste everyone's time?
Putting any more restrictions or controls on good tax paying citizens is not going to help your/our crime or shooting issues. The people in charge of government need to understand and see good citizens are not the problem its the criminals and as far as I can see they have no punishment what so ever. Please quit punishing the good people of this God forsaken state and do the right thing.
Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance
In Heller vs DC, the SCOTUS held that "Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia". So the conversation on if gun ownership is an individual right, is in fact over. What this ordinance actually does, is force individuals to PAY for a constitutionally protected right. Law biding yet lower income individuals will have to give up that right, thus making the ordinance RACIST and CLASSIST.
You know and I know this will do nothing to stop or reduce gun violence. It will only pad your pockets and put even more burden and restrictions on honest law abiding citizens. When are you going to actually start going after criminals as hard as you go after law abiding people. This type of discrimination has to stop. We are all tired of and won't stand for it anymore.
This Ordinance will not stop any crime, the guns that are legally owned have a very small chance of being involved in crime, It is the criminals that will not pay your insurance, (tax) and the criminals that will use guns to break the law, not the law abiding citizens that you are trying to punish.
Please get hold of yourselves and read the second amendent to the constitution.
This Ordinance will not stop any crime, the guns that are legally owned have a very small chance of being involved in crime, It is the criminals that will not pay your insurance, (tax) and the criminals that will use guns to break the law, not the law abiding citizens that you are trying to punish.
Please get hold of yourselves and read the second amendent to the constitution.
I oppose this measure and believe that this is a way to penalize people with differing views and prevents law abiding individuals from protecting themselves without paying undo costs that are not aligned with providing protection these people need. This ordinance will not decrease crime or have any beneficial impact on crime.
San Jose is continuing to push new laws that do not address the problems that they say are being addressed. Criminals do not care about any of these laws and will not follow them. Only law abiding citizens are being stopped from exorcising the rights given us under the second amendment of the US Constitution. Why should criminals pay attention to these laws when they are not prosecuted and held accountable by our elected officials. Catch and release is only effective when fishing.
I oppose the gun ordinance. The guns I own did not cause the crime rate, I purchased them because of the crime rate. Turn on the news, walk through our crumbling neighborhoods. Government failure is on full display. We know it is you who continues to fail us. Taxing us for owning a gun we had to buy because of your own failure is the worst kind of Kafkaesque policy making.
Police the streets. Lock up the criminals. That’s your mandate as a public servant. And withdraw this proposed ordinance.
Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance
This ordinance will not reduce any crime as you well know. It will not reduce violence at all. It will just put a heavier burden on law abiding Californians. And why would law enforcement people be excluded? This ordinance is a blatant attack on our 2nd Amendment and just more heavy handed attempts to see "the people" do not have any power to be a deterrent to draconian government control. Do not approve this ordinance.
I strongly oppose the proposed ordinance to tax and require insurance on lawful gun owners. It is unconstitutional to tax an enumerated constitutional right and no other right requires insurance. This is misguided and does not even address the real problem cities are facing - gang and illegal drug activity. I suggest you invest your time and energy into finding the root causes of these issues and develop appropriate solutions instead of attacking the law abiding citizens.
Respectfully.
Charging people to access fundamental Constitutional rights is specifically designed to deny rights to the poor and people of color. This is no different than a poll tax.
This ordinance is not fair to law abiding gun owners. The vast majority of all gun related crime is done by individuals who are already prohibited from owning firearms and will not pay for insurance. This proposed ordinance is simply an unfair tax to some of the city's population and will do nothing safety related except drive good citizens out of our fine city of San Jose. Fine the convicted criminals who use guns illegally! Have our city be tough on crime for once. Respectfully submitted.
Stop shutting down the comments and our 1A rights to oppose this. Last time I checked, there were over 1,000 comments opposing this ordiance.
This only harms lawful gun owners and does nothing to protect city residents against crime. Criminals never have nor will comply with any laws or taxes. Punish the criminals, not your law-abiding residents.
Keep the comment section open for all the see the massive opposition to this!
I want to voice my strong opposition to the supposed Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance that seeks to punish responsible gun owners for the actions of criminals. Not only is this ordinance unconstitutional, but its an egregious overreach by government.
Please vote this abominable ordinance down and enforce the existing laws on the books.
The ordinance is a violation of court rulings against Jim Crow laws that tax constitutional rights.
The city will be sued by numerous organizations and suffer financially.
Gun owners can't comply with the ordinance. The required insurance policies don't exist.
The proposal implements taxes at the local level, in violation of the California Constitution on special taxes, Article XIII C Section 2(d)
The city should enforce current laws and rebuild SJPD to enforce.
The only way to reduce "gun crime" is to put criminals in jail not make law abiding gun owners into criminals by passing unconstitutional gun control laws. It's the criminals, not the guns!
2nd amendment violation
My name is Tiffany Cheuvront, and I California Rifle & Pistol Association. This is not the first time that we have commented on the proposed ordinance to require lawful gun owners to either pay affine for exercising their rights or purchase mandatory insurance. CRPA stands in opposition to the Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance.
Additional Comments were submitted to the City Clerk.
You guys are blatantly violating the 2nd amendment. You may get away with it in the short term but definitely not in the long term so why waste everyone's time?
Putting any more restrictions or controls on good tax paying citizens is not going to help your/our crime or shooting issues. The people in charge of government need to understand and see good citizens are not the problem its the criminals and as far as I can see they have no punishment what so ever. Please quit punishing the good people of this God forsaken state and do the right thing.
Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance
In Heller vs DC, the SCOTUS held that "Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia". So the conversation on if gun ownership is an individual right, is in fact over. What this ordinance actually does, is force individuals to PAY for a constitutionally protected right. Law biding yet lower income individuals will have to give up that right, thus making the ordinance RACIST and CLASSIST.
THIS IS NOT NEEDED. FOLLOW & ENFORCE THE RULES/LAWS PRESENTLY IN FORCE IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT MORE NEEDLESS REGULATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
You know and I know this will do nothing to stop or reduce gun violence. It will only pad your pockets and put even more burden and restrictions on honest law abiding citizens. When are you going to actually start going after criminals as hard as you go after law abiding people. This type of discrimination has to stop. We are all tired of and won't stand for it anymore.
This Ordinance will not stop any crime, the guns that are legally owned have a very small chance of being involved in crime, It is the criminals that will not pay your insurance, (tax) and the criminals that will use guns to break the law, not the law abiding citizens that you are trying to punish.
Please get hold of yourselves and read the second amendent to the constitution.
This Ordinance will not stop any crime, the guns that are legally owned have a very small chance of being involved in crime, It is the criminals that will not pay your insurance, (tax) and the criminals that will use guns to break the law, not the law abiding citizens that you are trying to punish.
Please get hold of yourselves and read the second amendent to the constitution.
I oppose this measure and believe that this is a way to penalize people with differing views and prevents law abiding individuals from protecting themselves without paying undo costs that are not aligned with providing protection these people need. This ordinance will not decrease crime or have any beneficial impact on crime.
San Jose is continuing to push new laws that do not address the problems that they say are being addressed. Criminals do not care about any of these laws and will not follow them. Only law abiding citizens are being stopped from exorcising the rights given us under the second amendment of the US Constitution. Why should criminals pay attention to these laws when they are not prosecuted and held accountable by our elected officials. Catch and release is only effective when fishing.
I oppose the gun ordinance. The guns I own did not cause the crime rate, I purchased them because of the crime rate. Turn on the news, walk through our crumbling neighborhoods. Government failure is on full display. We know it is you who continues to fail us. Taxing us for owning a gun we had to buy because of your own failure is the worst kind of Kafkaesque policy making.
Police the streets. Lock up the criminals. That’s your mandate as a public servant. And withdraw this proposed ordinance.
Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance
This ordinance will not reduce any crime as you well know. It will not reduce violence at all. It will just put a heavier burden on law abiding Californians. And why would law enforcement people be excluded? This ordinance is a blatant attack on our 2nd Amendment and just more heavy handed attempts to see "the people" do not have any power to be a deterrent to draconian government control. Do not approve this ordinance.
I strongly oppose the proposed ordinance to tax and require insurance on lawful gun owners. It is unconstitutional to tax an enumerated constitutional right and no other right requires insurance. This is misguided and does not even address the real problem cities are facing - gang and illegal drug activity. I suggest you invest your time and energy into finding the root causes of these issues and develop appropriate solutions instead of attacking the law abiding citizens.
Respectfully.
Charging people to access fundamental Constitutional rights is specifically designed to deny rights to the poor and people of color. This is no different than a poll tax.
This ordinance is not fair to law abiding gun owners. The vast majority of all gun related crime is done by individuals who are already prohibited from owning firearms and will not pay for insurance. This proposed ordinance is simply an unfair tax to some of the city's population and will do nothing safety related except drive good citizens out of our fine city of San Jose. Fine the convicted criminals who use guns illegally! Have our city be tough on crime for once. Respectfully submitted.
Stop shutting down the comments and our 1A rights to oppose this. Last time I checked, there were over 1,000 comments opposing this ordiance.
This only harms lawful gun owners and does nothing to protect city residents against crime. Criminals never have nor will comply with any laws or taxes. Punish the criminals, not your law-abiding residents.
Keep the comment section open for all the see the massive opposition to this!
To whom it may concern,
I want to voice my strong opposition to the supposed Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance that seeks to punish responsible gun owners for the actions of criminals. Not only is this ordinance unconstitutional, but its an egregious overreach by government.
Please vote this abominable ordinance down and enforce the existing laws on the books.
Respectfully, Hugh Cruickshank
CRPA volunteer lead.
The ordinance is a violation of court rulings against Jim Crow laws that tax constitutional rights.
The city will be sued by numerous organizations and suffer financially.
Gun owners can't comply with the ordinance. The required insurance policies don't exist.
The proposal implements taxes at the local level, in violation of the California Constitution on special taxes, Article XIII C Section 2(d)
The city should enforce current laws and rebuild SJPD to enforce.
The only way to reduce "gun crime" is to put criminals in jail not make law abiding gun owners into criminals by passing unconstitutional gun control laws. It's the criminals, not the guns!