Newsom said proposed amendment would enshrine “widely supported gun safety freedoms” but gun-rights advocates said it shows his “contempt for the right to self-defense has no boun…
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference following a shooting at a VTA yard that resulted in nine deaths in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May, 26, 2021. Injecting a dramatic proposal into the nation’s gun debate, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called for an amendment to the U.S.
NEW: I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis.Gun-rights supporters called it a gimmick by a politician with national ambitions and said it would weaken people’s right to protect themselves. Karrey Benbow, mother of Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, takes a moment after lighting a candle following a vigil for yesterday's VTA mass shooting at San Jose City Hall in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Hernandez III was one of nine killed in the mass shooting.
But the challenge for amending the Constitution — especially in such a divisive time — is enormous. Even a proposed amendment declaring equal rights for women has languished for decades.
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