California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing changing the Constitution to restrict gun ownership. Newsom, a Democrat, on Thursday proposed a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that would enshrine several gun control wishlist items in the country’s supreme legal document. “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” Newsom said
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to curtail specific aspects of gun rights. “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” Newsom said in a Thursday press statement announcing the proposed amendment. “So today, I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday unveiled his proposal for a constitutional amendment to address gun violence. “I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis,” Newsom posted on Twitter along with a video address. “The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction. The 28th
That National Rifle Association rebuked California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday for proposing to enshrine gun control into the United States Constitution. What did Newsom propose? The far-left governor is proposing a 28th Amendment to enshrine four gun-control regulations into the Constitution. The proposed amendment would, according to Newsom: Raise “the federal minimum age
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on shootings in state: ‘Only in America’ Seven people were killed at plant nurseries near Half Moon Bay, Calif., shortly after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in Monterey Park. Scott L. Hall and Patrick Colson-Price, USA TODAY California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Thursday adding a 28th Amendment to the
Governor Newsom is proposing a 28th Amendment to the Constitution with the aim of addressing an issue that has divided Americans for decades — gun control. “I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis,” Mr. Newsom said in a tweet. “The American people are sick
California Governor Gavin Newsom will sit down for an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, on the heels of Newsom’s proposal for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution to address gun safety. Newsom has been a Fox News critic, including of their coverage of gun issues and mass shootings. The interview will air on June
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) OAN’s Noah Herring11:03 AM – Thursday, June 8, 2023 California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a 28th amendment to implement brand-new gun control measures. Advertisement In the wake of recent mass shootings, Newsom revealed
This week, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to implement sweeping gun control measures that would impact all Americans. This would include restrictions on modern sporting rifles, such as AR-15s, AK-47s and M-16s, dubbed by pro-gun control liberals as “assault weapons.” On Thursday, Newsom’s office said in a press
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Thursday an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would dramatically roll back gun rights enshrined in the Second Amendment since the nation’s founding. “The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction,” Newsom said through his personal Twitter account. His proposed 28th Amendment to the constitution, he said in a tweet that
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking matters into his own hands when it comes to gun control. Newsom on Thursday launched a historic campaign proposing a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in an effort to “sidestep Washington’s gridlock and enshrine fundamental gun safety freedoms.” Among other elements, the 28th Amendment would raise the minimum
President Joe Biden could face a familial wrinkle in his gun control effort: Hunter Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris noted on Friday that gun control will be a major part of the Biden administration’s legislative agenda going into 2024. The administration plans to seek bans on semi-automatic rifles and red-flag laws that allow the confiscation of firearms
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists Gun ownership (and hence, violence) in the U.S. is embraced as part of the natural social cost of living. There’s no sign this attitude is changing. Published Jun 07, 2023 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 3 minute read Mourners gather at a public vigil for the victims and survivors
Townhall has covered how several blue states, including Colorado, Michigan, and Illinois, have introduced legislation meant to curb Americans’ Second Amendment rights. This includes restrictions on where firearms can be carried and bans on so-called “assault weapons,” which typically refers to AK-47s, AR-15s, and M-16s. On Tuesday, Democrat Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a gun
In what’s seen as a blow to gun rights activists, a U.S. District Court judge said Washington state’s new assault weapons ban will move forward. A lawsuit challenged House Bill 1240, but Court Judge Robert Bryan ruled in favor of Attorney General Bob Ferguson as the case failed to show “enough possible irreparable harm.” “Considering
The National Rifle Association on Wednesday moved to intervene in a legal challenge to the pistol brace rule being implemented under the Biden administration by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The Second Amendment rights organization filed a legal brief in a pending case in Texas to shield NRA members from the
ATLANTA — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that was blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that was on hold. The ruling
Firearms have been a source of debate in the United States for decades due to the abnormally high amount of gun violence in the country. Recently, the New York Times reported guns surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children, with at least 145 mass shootings in 2023, as of April 11. Utah
Laws imposing minimum age requirements for the possession and purchase of firearms are intended to reduce access to firearms by young people. These laws are also on the books to lower the number of suicides, homicides, and unintentional shootings among America’s youth. Young people are at serious risk of becoming involved in violent acts against
California’s Unsafe Handgun Act effectively bans the sale of almost all semiautomatic pistols that were designed beginning in 2007, and all such pistols introduced in 2013 and thereafter. As explained in a previous post, in March, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction in Boland v.
Edward Alkire | Opinion contributor I have been around firearms almost my entire life. My father taught me to shoot and safely handle pistols and rifles when I was around 9 or 10 years old. I served four years in the Marine Corps and had to requalify with both rifle and pistol every six months.
WASHINGTON- A request to block House Bill 1240, which establishes firearms-related safety measures, has been rejected by a federal judge who decided in favor of Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The lawsuit challenges if the house bill violates constitutional rights to bear arms and asked for a preliminary injunction to stop the bill that went into effect
A bill to allow Louisiana residents to carry a concealed firearm without a permit or trainig is dead after the author agreed to defer the bill Tuesday. House Bill 131 by Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, is similar to one he advanced last year, which stalled in the Senate in the wake of the mass
Trump calls for arming teachers at NRA convention Former President Donald Trump vowed to defend gun-owners rights in a speech at the National Rifle Association Convention Friday, pledging to create a new tax credit to reimburse teachers “for the full cost of a concealed-carry firearm.” (April 14) AP Louisiana adults will have to wait at
A MOM killed in a private plane crash along with her daughter and nanny over the weekend made a heartbreaking wish to a friend shortly before her tragic death. Adina Azarian, 49, her two-year-old daughter Aria, and their live-in nanny Evadnie Smith were all killed on Sunday when a twin-engine Cessna Citation owned by her adoptive father,
Serbs have until June 8 to surrender all of their unregistered weapons in a push by the government to disarm society following back-to-back mass shootings. Two mass shootings in consecutive days in early May rocked the Balkans nation, where the types of mass shootings seen so regularly in the United States rarely, if ever, happens.
The conservative governor of the Volunteer State, Bill Lee, is taking on the National Rifle Association as he and his allies push for greater gun restrictions in the wake of the Covenant School shooting at Nashville earlier this year. According to a memo received by the Associated Press as a part of a public records
On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley went on CNN to appear in another of the network’s now infamous “town halls.” The kind of town hall that promises the sort of kid glove treatment that can only be delivered by a network in free fall. It was the same town hall at which Haley spent
At the gleaming new Fruitport High School in Michigan, the entrance opens to a spacious atrium, with floating rows of lockers arrayed diagonally from the front door. They are noticeably short so students can peer over them. Overlooking the atrium is a walkway fenced with metal sheets and pockmarked with slits through which you can
As the saying goes: Elections have consequences. When Joe Lombardo was elected governor last year, I had little hope that he would work with Democrats on passing their priorities. When I saw his priorities were school choice and reinstating the ineffective school-to-prison pipeline policies, I assumed it would be four years of stagnation. Given my
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