Legal Justice Department filed suit against the City of San Jose- highest CCW fees in the nation

[NorCalBusa]

"Today, the Justice Department filed suit against the City of San Jose, California, and the San Jose Police Department for charging private individuals unreasonable fees to exercise their Second Amendment right to lawfully carry a firearm. At nearly $1,600 per license, the City’s application fee to carry a firearm is the highest in the nation.

"All law-abiding Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms for self‑defense. This right is not a luxury reserved for a privileged few, but a fundamental element of our republic,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon (@AAGDhillon) .

“You don’t need a law degree to recognize that charging a fee several times higher than the cost of the firearm itself is illogical, and an unconstitutional attempt to impede Americans’ Second Amendment rights." "

 

[Gawernator]

Wow, the Trump admin is actually standing up for our gun rights. This would be unthinkable under the prior administration

 

[No_glonks]

Are the cities in some kind of competition who comes up with highest fees? Bastards

Santa Clara county: Will start with low low low fee of $9XX
Glendale : I see your three digits and raise you to $1078
San Jose : hold my beer - $1600

 

[NorCalBusa]

Read the complaint here;

https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1461516/dl

 

[decius_mus]

Are the cities in some kind of competition who comes up with highest fees? Bastards

Santa Clara county: Will start with low low low fee of $9XX
Glendale : I see your three digits and raise you to $1078
San Jose : hold my beer - $1600

This is basically what will happen if Viramontes strikes down AWBs and does so in a narrow ruling. Ban states will simply create a licensing scheme that makes buying them prohibitively expensive. Then it'll be another 10-year lawsuit wack a mole.