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Governor Newsom Proposes Historic 28th Amendment SACRAMENTO – Today Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law. 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. “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” saidRead More →

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Book: Repeal the Second Amendment A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There’s an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it’s time for a strategy with spine. In Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman has written the first book that uses history, legal theory and up-to-the-minute data to make a compelling case for the amendment’s repeal in order to create a clear road to sensible gun control in the US. Repeal the Second Amendment explores both the trueRead More →

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Supreme Court: NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION,INC., ET AL. v. BRUEN TLDR; In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. Bruen, the plaintiffs challenged New York State’s concealed carry permit law, which required applicants to show "proper cause" for carrying a concealed firearm in public. The plaintiffs argued that this law violated their Second Amendment right to bear arms. The case went before the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. The Court held that the "proper cause" requirement was unconstitutional because it effectively barred most law-abiding citizens from exercising their right to carry firearms inRead More →

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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reads as follows: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Historically, the Second Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. At the time, the American colonies had recently won their independence from Great Britain and had formed a new government based on the principles of individual liberty and limited government. The Second Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights to protect the right of the people to bearRead More →