Although polls show that enhanced background checks are supported by more than 90% of respondents, contrary to what the media and gun control activists would have you believe, the support is actually far weaker.
On Sept. 14th California became the first state to officially call for a constitutional convention to allow states to approve an amendment to raise the age of gun ownership to 21, impose background checks on private transfers of guns, require waiting periods for buying guns, and enact an assault weapon ban. This proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution is California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s idea.
Democrats may not realize they are conceding that they must amend the U.S. Constitution before passing their gun control wish list. But they don’t have the votes. Democrats control the governorship and state legislature in only 17 states — far short of the 38 states needed to ratify a constitutional amendment. Nor do they have the votes in Congress.
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