San Jose mayor rolls out new gun control proposal days after railyard mass shooting

California has more gun restrictions on the books than any other state, but the mayor of San Jose wants to add ten more.

Flanked by four members of the city council, Liccardo's plan still faces several hurdles but is likely to pass sometime in September. It also bans so-called "ghost guns" that are assembled without a serial number, requires a fingerprint to buy ammunition and allows police to confiscate guns from owners who do not comply. "Skeptics will say that criminals will not obey either of these mandates," said Liccardo. "And they're absolutely correct. Of course, they won't. Crooks don't follow the law. That's an important feature of these proposals, not a defect. Together, these rules create a constitutionally compliant mechanism to enable law enforcement to impound guns from high-risk individuals unwilling to follow the law."