Read the text of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s resolution calling for a constitutional amendment on gun control

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Read the resolution calling for the U.S. Constitution to be amended to require California-style gun control restrictions.

about why some fellow liberals who back the governor’s proposal to require background checks and waiting periods, restrict gun sales to those 21 and older and ban military-style firearms are wary of Newsom’s untested path. They worry that if it’s successful, it could set off a free-for-all of proposed amendments.

WHEREAS, Precedents of the Supreme Court of the United States, including its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen 142 S.Ct.

WHEREAS, Since state leaders first announced their intention to introduce this joint resolution in June 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States has granted review in United States v.

Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California, speaking on behalf of the people of the State of California, hereby applies to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that would do either, or both, of the...

Resolved, That this application is for a limited constitutional convention and does not grant Congress the authority to call a constitutional convention for any purpose other than those set forth herein and that this application shall be void if ever used at any stage to consider any constitutional amendments on subjects other than those specified herein; and be it further

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