Newsman: California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a constitutional amendment adding a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Thursday. He said it will address the country’s gun violence crisis.
The amendment would raise the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21, mandate universal background checks, institute a reasonable waiting period for all gun purchases, and bar civilians from purchasing assault weapons, according to a statement from the governor’s office.
“This will guarantee states as well the ability to enact common sense gun safety laws, while leaving the Second Amendment intact, and respecting America’s gun owning tradition,” Newsom said in a video statement. “The 28th Amendment locks in the common sense constitutional protections that Democrats, Republicans, Independents and gun owners overwhelmingly support and ensures NRA-owned politicians can never strip those protections away.”
