Many Americans have espoused the idea of an Article V Convention as a way to add two amendments to the United States Constitution–a balanced budget amendment and a term limits amendment. When those of us who are skeptical of the ability of our political class to do the right thing question the idea of holding an Article V Convention, we are told that the checks and balances would prevent any mischief. I am not convinced. We have checks and balances built into our government, and we have had a lot of mischief in spite of those checks and balances.<\/p>\n
On Friday, The Western Journal<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eyeing a change to the United States Constitution.<\/strong><\/p>\n The state\u2019s legislature on Thursday approved a resolution in support of Newsom\u2019s call for a 28th Constitutional amendment, according to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The amendment would enshrine a list of Democratic gun-control policy priorities into federal law.<\/strong><\/p>\n …The proposed \u201cRight to Safety Amendment\u201d would limit legal gun ownership to adults 21 and older, enact universal federal background checks on gun sales, create a mandatory \u201creasonable waiting period\u201d for gun purchases, and ban the purchase of many forms of semiautomatic rifles.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article notes:<\/p>\n The governor claims the new amendment would co-exist with the Second Amendment<\/a> despite the proposed amendment\u2019s changes to the American legal understanding of gun ownership.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Right to Safety Amendment would preserve the integrity of the Second Amendment, while enshrining in our Constitution commonsense safety provisions that are supported overwhelmingly by the American people,\u201d the progressive governor said in a news release<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Three-fourths of state legislatures need to approve<\/a> any amendment to the Constitution before it becomes law, and Republicans control a majority of state houses.<\/strong><\/p>\n Many of the amendment\u2019s provisions already are law in California,<\/a> but that state experienced the most mass shootings in the nation between 1982 and August of this year, according to Statista<\/a>. However, the nation\u2019s most populous state had the eighth-lowest gun-death rate among the 50 states in 2021, according to Giffords Law Center<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n I don’t want to let this man anywhere near amending the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many Americans have espoused the idea of an Article V Convention as a way to add two amendments to the United States Constitution–a balanced budget amendment and a term limits amendment. When those of us who are skeptical of the … Continue reading