June 19, 2021

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Gun News

San Jose approves new gun measures, including putting every sale on video

Leaders in San Jose, Calif., have approved new gun control measures -- including one that says sellers must video record every sale -- barely three weeks after nine people were killed in a shooting attack at a rail yard in the city.

Councilors approved the new measures during a meeting Tuesday night. They were outlined last week by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.

San Jose is the first U.S. city to require that sellers put every gun purchase on video.

There are several other provisions in the gun control package.

"First, San Jose would become the first city in the United States to require every gun owner to have liability insurance for their firearms," Liccardo told KNTV-TV.

"Together, these rules create a constitutionally compliant mechanism to enable law enforcement to impound guns from high-risk individuals unwilling to follow the law."

The plan would also mandate that all gun owners pay a fee to offset damage done by gun violence, establishes gun buyback programs and bans ghost guns and assault-style weapons.

City leaders said they expect that some parts of the plan will face challenges in court.

The Firearms Policy Coalition criticized each part of Liccardo's plan, saying each is unconstitutional and will be defeated in court.

Liccardo renewed his push for improved gun control measures after the shooting attack last month at the Valley Transportation Authority transit yard in San Jose. The shooter, Samuel James Cassidy, killed himself at the scene.


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Featured Firearm

M-16 - 1963

U.S. soldiers in Korea armed with World War II-era semi-automatic M1 Garands and M1 carbines quickly found themselves outgunned. With the Vietnam conflict building, the Army knew it needed something better.

In 1969, the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the US military's standard service rifle. The M16A1's improvements include a bolt-assist, chrome-plated bore and a 30-round magazine.

The M-16 and its variants started the "modern sporting rifle" craze, and it remains in use by militaries all over the world. The AR platform remains very popular among civilian shooters today.

Did you know?

The father of the M-16

In the 1950s, the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation decided to branch out into small arms. By 1954, ArmaLite was the start-up division, intent on designing and manufacturing a new generation of small arms from its base in Hollywood, California.

Wanting to be taken seriously, ArmaLite recruited Eugene Stoner to become its chief engineer. Using his experience in the aircraft industry, he had been experimenting with using strong yet lightweight materials for firearms.

At ArmaLite, he started with the gas-operated AR-10, completing it in 1955. At barely 7 pounds, it shot 20 rounds of 7.62x51mm NATO and had anodized aluminum receivers and a fiberglass composite stock. To reduce recoil, the barrel was in line with the stock and the sites raised to eye level.

The AR-10 eventually evolved into the AR-15 which, after much field testing and more than 130 changes, gave birth to the the M16.


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