Mr. Newsom’s proposal would leave the Second Amendment unchanged but would add mandated universal background checks, raise the firearm purch
The California Assembly voted Sept. 14 in favor of supporting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for a national constitutional convention to add his gun control measures to the U.S. Constitution with a 28th amendment.
The body approved Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 7 in a vote of 53–17 along party lines, with 10 members abstaining, after the Senate voted Sept. 6 to pass the measure on a 24–11 vote, with five abstentions.
Mr. Newsom’s proposal, announced in June, would leave the Second Amendment unchanged but would add mandated universal background checks, raise the firearm purchase age from 18 to 21, institute a firearm purchase waiting period, and prohibit civilians from buying assault weapons and other “weapons of war.”
The governor’s gun control measures would be added in a new amendment.
“The Right to Safety Amendment would preserve the integrity of the Second Amendment, while enshrining in our Constitution common-sense safety provisions that are supported overwhelmingly by the American people,” Mr. Newsom said in a release Sept. 15. “This action is even more urgent as radical judges use a warped interpretation of our Constitution to roll back gun safety laws in California, and across the country.”
The U.S. Supreme Court and judges in California—whom Mr. Newsom called “radical” and “unelected judges”—have restricted the governor from enacting similar measures in the state.
“In the face of decades of Congressional inaction and unelected judges that are putting Americans in danger, it is time for citizens to stand up for common sense to protect us against the uniquely American epidemic of gun violence,” Mr. Newsom said.
The resolution does not require approval by the governor.
Convening a constitutional convention is unlikely. It would require either approval by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, or two-thirds of state Legislatures—34 of them, according to Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
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