By Breitbart News Network | Created at 2026-09-30 19:06:49 | Updated at 2026-09-30 22:24:28
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On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) amended its original complaint against San Jose, California’s concealed carry license fee so as to target the city’s liability insurance requirement for gun owners as well.
Breitbart News reported the DOJ’s initial complaint against San Jose, noting that it centered on the city’s “presumptively unconstitutional” concealed carry license fee of roughly $1,600.00.
But the DOJ has now amended the complaint so as to go after San Jose’s liability insurance requirement for gun owners, too.
The San Jose Police Department noted that the city has a Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance which “requires firearm owners to obtain and maintain liability insurance and pay an annual gun harm reduction fee.”
The DOJ’s amended complaint lists San Jose’s liability insurance requirement and Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance under the heading, “Abusive Fees.”
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