# Text of Newsom's 28th Amendment proposal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 19, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260 "2023-07-19T15:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/101 "2023-08-02T17:57:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think the Heller decision overturned a Washington DC law which placed a lot of restrictions on guns, including banning many broad categories of guns. > > But the [Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975](https://ia800901.us.archive.org/29/items/firearmscontrol00colugoog/firearmscontrol00colugoog.pdf) (which was the law the court overturned) did not ban all guns. Yes, thus Wash DC trued to ban guns. No one said “ban ALL guns”, but handgun for example are a very significant %, a large majority. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There’s a difference between a city banning automatic rifles and a city banning guns. No cities have banned automatic rifles for the simple reason all automatic weapons are heavily restricted by Federal law. Now if a City banned so called “assault weapons”, that is not such a broad category as to call it a “gun ban”. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > Of course 15 years later the RW ignores Scalia and insist that the right should mean total nonrestriction. Really? Since Biden pushed thru a broad gun control bill with some Republican support. Perhaps you are thinking about the 5% or so of gun owners that belong to the NRA, the extreme right wing? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/102 "2023-08-02T18:23:30Z")
NRA, GOA, etc but also MAGAs and adjacents of the “Loud” RW who go on about how the normal Rs betray them, and advocate unrestricted, permitless carry. I do agree that a majority of actual _conservatives_ support reasonable rules … but they’re not really the ones controlling the public discourse now, are they? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/103 "2023-08-02T18:33:30Z")
True, but there is a huge difference between _unrestricted, permitless carry_ (I dont mind open carry of holstered pistols (sometimes), and the idea of granting CCW to any qualified person\* is fine, but this goes too far) and no background checks, buying machine guns thru the mail, and no age restrictions. I have not seen anyone serious promoting those ideas. - you pass a _serious background check_, and they grant you the permit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/104 "2023-08-02T21:04:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, thus Wash DC trued to ban guns. No one said “ban ALL guns”, but handgun for example are a very significant %, a large majority. You said Washington DC tried to ban guns. That’s what those words mean. If you meant Washington DC was trying to ban handguns, you should have said Washington DC tried to ban handguns. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/105 "2023-08-03T01:00:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You said Washington DC tried to ban guns. That’s what those words mean. If you meant Washington DC was trying to ban handguns, you should have said Washington DC tried to ban handguns. There arent enough rolleyes in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/106 "2023-08-03T01:31:54Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > There arent enough rolleyes in the world Indeed; trying to pass a ban on a specific type of guns as a ban of all guns in general deserves more eyeroll smileys than the world contains. As you’re so fond of reminding us, isn’t it handguns - rather than rifles, assault or otherwise - which are used in the majority of gun crimes? Seems like it makes a lot of sense to restrict access to those guns, much like how Britain did… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260/107 "2023-08-03T02:30:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > There arent enough rolleyes in the world. Do yourself a favor. Put down the shovel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-of-newsoms-28th-amendment-proposal/987260.md?page=5)