In response to mass shootings in Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park, as well as in Goshen (six dead) and Oakland (one dead, seven injured), state lawmakers this month introduced a bill with San Jose serving as inspiration. SB 8, from state Sens. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, and Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance. If enacted, the bill would make California the first state in the nation to adopt such legislation.