California Passes Resolution Calling For a Convention to Add Gun Control to US Constitution

Mr. Newsom’s proposal would leave the Second Amendment unchanged but would add mandated universal background checks, raise the firearm purchase age.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Sacramento on Feb. 1, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The California Assembly voted on Sept. 14 in favor of supporting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for a national constitutional convention to add his gun control measures to the U.S. Constitution with a 28th amendment.

The body approved Senate Joint Resolution 7 in a vote of 53–17 along party lines, with 10 members abstaining, after the state Senate voted on Sept. 6 to pass the measure on a 24–11 vote, with five abstentions.