CA Governor Newsom's 28th Amendment

“Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “So today, I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that. The 28th Amendment will enshrine in the Constitution common sense gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and gun owners overwhelmingly support – while leaving the 2nd Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition.”

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 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
Barring civilian purchase of assault weapons that serve no other purpose than to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time – weapons of war our nation’s founders never foresaw.

Write a paragraph that in which you make a claim about about Gavin Newsom's proposal for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution? Do you think his proposal is a good idea or not.  Provide a few justifications for your claim.

Identify the proposal process for an Amendment to the Constitution that originates in Congress?

Identify the proposal process for an Amendment to the Constitution that from the States?

Identify the ratification process for an Amendment to the Constitution that has been proposed by Congress or by the States?

Based on our nation's current political construct, why is it unlikely that an Amendment on gun control would be proposed by Congress?