{"id":161443,"date":"2023-06-08T11:55:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=161443"},"modified":"2023-06-08T11:55:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:55:18","slug":"governor-newsom-proposes-assault-weapons-ban-background-check-28th-constitutional-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=161443","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Proposes Assault Weapons Ban &#038; Background Check 28th Constitutional Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine what he says are fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America\u2019s gun-owning tradition, the Governor\u2019s proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters, and gun owners overwhelmingly support \u2013 including universal background checks, raising the firearm purchase age to 21, instituting a firearm purchase waiting period, and barring the civilian purchase of assault weapons.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCAgovernor%2Fvideos%2F6150161478408102%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=476&amp;t=0\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,\u201d said Governor Gavin Newsom. \u201cSo today, I\u2019m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that. The 28th Amendment will enshrine in the Constitution common sense gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and gun owners overwhelmingly support \u2013 while leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America\u2019s gun-owning tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 28th Amendment will permanently enshrine four broadly supported gun safety principles into the U.S. Constitution:<\/p>\n<p>Raising the federal minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21;<br \/>\nMandating universal background checks to prevent truly dangerous people from purchasing a gun that could be used in a crime;<br \/>\nInstituting a reasonable waiting period for all gun purchases; and<br \/>\nBarring civilian purchase of assault weapons that serve no other purpose than to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time \u2013 weapons of war our nation\u2019s founders never foresaw.<br \/>\nAdditionally, the 28th Amendment will affirm Congress, states, and local governments can enact additional common-sense gun safety regulations that save lives.<\/p>\n<p>Passage of the 28th Amendment will require a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also known as an Article V Convention or amendatory convention. Working in partnership with members of the California State Senate and Assembly, California will be the first state in the nation to call for such a convention with a joint resolution being introduced by California State Senator Aisha Wahab and Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer. The Governor will work with grassroots supporters, elected and civic leaders, and broad and diverse coalitions across the nation to fight for the passage of similar resolutions in other state legislatures to ensure the convening of a constitutional convention limited to this subject. 33 other states, in addition to California, would need to take action to convene such a convention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man of action, Governor Gavin Newsom has the backbone to actually do something about the gun fetish culture around weapons of war, and tackle the relentless problem of gun violence and mass shootings,\u201d said Senator Aisha Wahab. \u201cAs someone impacted by gun violence, I have an obligation to elevate the voices of victims and those of us left behind in the wake of tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to introduce this resolution to protect the common sense gun reform legislation our Assembly Public Safety Committee has championed over the years,\u201d said Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer. \u201cWe cannot stand idly while courts roll back our work and diminish the ability of our Legislature to keep Californians safe. This bold but fair resolution calls on other states to join us in protecting some of the most effective ways of reducing gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With gun violence claiming the lives of over 110 Americans a day, California\u2019s nation-leading gun safety laws serve as a valuable blueprint for other states and Congress to save lives. California\u2019s gun safety laws work. In its most recent scorecard, California ranked as the #1 state for gun safety by the Giffords Law Center, and according to the most recent data, the state saw a 37% lower gun death rate than the national average. According to the CDC, California\u2019s gun death rate was the 44th lowest in the nation, with 9 gun deaths per 100,000 people \u2013 compared to 16.36 deaths per 100,000 nationally, 33.9 in Mississippi, 21.2 in Oklahoma, and 15.6 in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine what he says are fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America\u2019s gun-owning tradition, the Governor\u2019s proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-law-enforcement","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fullscreen-capture-682023-115339-AM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161446,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161443\/revisions\/161446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}