On April 24, 2024, the Orange County Register’s editorial board ridiculed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s failure to push for gun reform in the U.S. Constitution.
Breitbart News reported on June 8, 2023, that Newsom proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that he hoped would be secured and used to restrict gun ownership.
Associated Press report Newsom’s amendment, the 28th amendment, would ban what Democrats call “assault weapons,” require people to be at least 21 years old to purchase firearms, implement universal background checks, and create a waiting period for gun purchases. The contents of this document require that
Mr. Newsom’s office issued a statement regarding the gun control proposal, but it did not include a specific deadline for a waiting period to purchase a gun. Rather, he simply argued that the period should be “reasonable.”
On August 16, 2023, Breitbart News reports that California Congressman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) and Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) have proposed a joint resolution calling for a constitutional convention to adopt Newsom’s amendment. reported that it had been submitted.
The resolution introduced by Mr. Jones-Sawyer and Mr. Wahab called for a convention, and it would be sufficient for two-thirds of the other states to do the same.
Wednesday, Orange County Register Editorial Board It pointed out The California Democratic Party is still waiting for at least one other state to join the convention drive.
The committee notes that even though Democrats control 18 state legislatures in addition to California, none of the states have joined the push for a gun control treaty, according to Bay Area News Group’s John. He pointed to Mr. Woolfolk’s report.
They implied that Newsom’s amendment never really had a chance to begin with. “What everyone understood at the time was Newsom’s latest attempt to position himself in the White House was a little too much.”
The committee noted that when Newsom introduced the amendment, constitutional lawyer Cody J. Wisniewski explained why he believed it was a dud:
Only 10 states and Washington, D.C., have some form of ban or some kind of waiting period for so-called “assault weapons,” while 27 states have repeatedly enacted free/constitutional/unlicensed carry laws. If you think about it, it is clear that nothing is forbidden. Currently, interest in Newsom’s specific gun control measures is growing across the United States.
It should be noted that since June 2023, when Wisniewski criticized Newsom’s gun amendment, two additional states have adopted constitutional carry, bringing the total number of states with unauthorized carry to 29. be. The two additional states are Louisiana and South Carolina.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and also writes Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment for Breitbart News. He is also a writer and curator. He is a political analyst for Armed American Radio and a professional staff member for Pulsar Night Vision. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and completed his Ph.D. Military history focusing on the Vietnam War (Brown Navy), the U.S. Navy since its inception, the Civil War, and early modern Europe. Beef is his favorite vegetable. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. To get Down Range, you can sign up at breitbart.com/downrange. Please contact us directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
