California Gov. Newsom proposes 28th Amendment restricting gun access
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KARAH RUCKER: CALIFORNIA’S GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS A NEW PROPOSAL –
ADDING A 28TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT RESTRICTS ACCESS TO GUNS.
HERE’S WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING –NOT FOR HIS STATE —
BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM AGE TO PURCHASE A FIREARM FROM 18 TO 21 YEARS OLD.
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS WOULD BE REQUIRED. THERE WOULD BE A WAITING PERIOD FROM WHEN A PERSON PURCHASES A GUN AND WHEN THEY RECEIVE IT – BUT DETAILS ON HOW LONG OF A WAITING PERIOD WEREN’T SPECIFIED.
AND THE PROPOSAL WOULD BAN AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM PURCHASING ASSAULT WEAPONS – SUCH AS THE POPULAR A-R-15.
IT’S A LENGTHY PROCESS TO GET AN AMENDMENT ADDED TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A CONVENTION OF AT LEAST 33 STATES WHO ARE FOR THE ADDITION. NEWSOM RELEASING A VIDEO TODAY THAT MAY LOOK A LOT LIKE A CAMPAIGN AD – BUT INSTEAD ITS AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED 28TH AMENDMENT.
GAVIN NEWSOM | (D) CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR: “Every time it’s the same, they tell us we can’t stop these massacres. They say we can’t stop domestic terrorism without violating our second amendment. I’m here to say that’s a lie. Convening a constitutional convention calls for two-thirds of the states to call for this. California will be the first.”
IN THE VIDEO – NEWSOM TAKES A SWIPE AT FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT – CALLING THEM “N-R-A OWNED POLITICIANS”.
NEWSOM ALSO CLAIMS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND GUN OWNERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THE GUN OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS IN HIS PROPOSAL.
CALIFORNIA HAS THE STRICTEST GUN LAWS IN THE NATION – AND PAIRED WITH THAT – THE STATE HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST GUN DEATH RATES IN THE NATION. SOMETHING NEWSOM TOUTS IN TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH GUN SAFETY LAWS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
BUT MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE AN UNPREDICTABLE PATTERN. ACCORDING TO THE GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE – FROM 2013 TO 2019 – THERE WERE MORE THAN 21 HUNDRED MASS SHOOTINGS – CALIFORNIA WAS THE STATE WITH THE MOST.