California’s liberal governor has absolutely no chance of getting a gun control amendment adopted. It’s beyond the realm of political possibility — at least for the foreseeable future.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a good target, but the aim is off in his effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with a gun-control mandate.It’s beyond the realm of political possibility — at least for the foreseeable future.
Presumably assault weapons would include semiautomatic weapons with large-capacity magazines — the types already banned in California, a regulation being challenged in court by gun-rights advocates. Newsom fears — as do many gun control advocates — that the current firearms-friendly Supreme Court will toss outand some other blue states, ruling they violate the 2nd Amendment. So he wants to firmly implant the major regulations in the Constitution with a new amendment while still preserving the right to bear arms.
“The governor ignores the key problem,” Chemerinsky says. “It is the lack of political will for meaningful gun regulation in Congress and the legislatures. If laws cannot be adopted, a constitutional amendment is not going to happen.” UCLA law professor Adam Winkler, who specializes in gun law, also says, “I don’t like the idea of a constitutional convention. I wouldn’t trust Americans to rewrite their Constitution right now. It could lead to a worse constitution than we have.In fact, Winkler thinks Newsom’s effort may have the opposite effect of expediting gun control.
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