CA Governor Newsom Pushes Constitutional Amendment to Restrict Gun Rights, and Why His Proposals are Misguided
California's Governor Gavin Newsom proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would impose gun control regulations:
- Raising the federal minimum age to purchase a firearm
from 18 to 21;
- Mandating
universal background checks to prevent truly dangerous people from
purchasing a gun that could be used in a crime;
- Instituting
a reasonable waiting period for all gun purchases; and
- Barring civilian purchase of assault weapons that serve no purpose but to kill as many people as possible in a short time – weapons of war our nation’s founders never foresaw.
While Governor Newsom acknowledges that he has to
change the Constitution to pass the gun control laws he
and other Democrats want, they don’t have the votes. Democrats control only 17
state governments, far short of the 34 states they need for ratification. Nor
do they have the votes in Congress. The Constitutional changes that they are
pushing don’t make sense. [more...]
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