Newsome Moves to Limit Right to Defend Self

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America's gun-owning tradition, the Governor's proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters, and gun owners overwhelmingly support - including universal background checks, raising the firearm purchase age to 21, instituting a firearm purchase waiting period, and barring the civilian purchase of assault weapons.
54% : While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America's gun-owning tradition, the Governor's proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters, and gun owners overwhelmingly support - including universal background checks, raising the firearm purchase age to 21, instituting a firearm purchase waiting period, and barring the civilian purchase of assault weapons.
54% : While leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America's gun-owning tradition, the Governor's proposal guarantees common sense constitutional protections and gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, independent voters, and gun owners overwhelmingly support - including universal background checks, raising the firearm purchase age to 21, instituting a firearm purchase waiting period, and barring the civilian purchase of assault weapons.
52% : The 28th Amendment will permanently enshrine four broadly supported gun safety principles into the U.S. Constitution: Raising the federal minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21; Mandating Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine universal background checks to prevent truly dangerous people from purchasing a gun that could be used in a crime; Instituting a reasonable waiting period for all gun purchases; and

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