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What Next: A New Kind of Gun Control

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A popular, outgoing liberal mayor in Silicon Valley is taking on gun rights groups with a splashy municipal ordinance fashioned to curb gun violence—and be the first of its kind. Gun rights groups are foretelling doom for the new law, and the NRA called it a “ridiculous publicity stunt.” Does this city’s initiative have the hallmarks of a breakthrough on gun violence prevention? Will lawsuits tank it before anyone has the chance to find out? Guest: Sam Liccardo, mayor of San Jose, California. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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the holiday period. It's just for me, it's the most romantic period. And I think anyone

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who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of rowbacks.

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sorry for keeping you waiting. The Mayor of San Jose, California is a pretty busy

1:07.6

guy. Okay, I'll just close my door to make sure nobody runs in. His name is Sam LaCardo.

1:13.1

I'm Ricky Riccardo with an L. Except I don't sing. Unless requested.

1:24.9

Mayor LaCardo is term-limited. This is his last year in office. It is, yeah, they're

1:29.7

kicking me out. Is there pressure to get things done?

1:34.1

Absolutely. I'm raising to the finish line right now. And, you know, I know it's a relief

1:40.1

for my wife, but for me, it's, you know, a sense that I've got 11 months to get everything

1:45.7

done that that we ever wanted to try. One of the things Mayor LaCardo has been wanting

1:51.6

to try is passing a few ordinances around guns. He's really leaned in here. First San Jose

1:58.6

required all gun purchases to be recorded to ensure they were legal. And then just

2:04.0

last month, the city instituted another rule. They say it's the first of its kind in

2:08.9

the country. This ordinance will require gun owners to both have liability insurance

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