SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose firearm owners will soon be bound by new gun control laws that no U.S. citizen has faced before. That is, if the divisive regulations hold up in court. Under the city’s new ordinance, residents who own a gun must carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee aimed at reducing gun violence. Within minutes of San Jose City Council’s passage of the groundbreaking ordinance, however, gun rights activists fired off their first legal challenge in federal court. Proponents such as Mayor Sam Liccardo — who first introduced the controversial proposal in 2019 — acknowledged…
