After Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) challenged California Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) proposal for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution to curb gun violence, Newsom responded angrily.
McCarthy slammed Newsom’s proposal to require a 21-year-old minimum age to acquire a firearm, along with mandatory background checks, a “reasonable waiting period,” and a prohibition on the private sale of assault rifles.
The Governor: “Hey Newsom, McCarthy tweeted, “We don’t need a 28th amendment because we already have the 2nd.” But what we really need is for those who want to be president to quit advocating for such radical viewpoints on a national scale.
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In reaction to McCarthy’s remarks, Newsom accused the House speaker of “doing nothing to address” the issue of crime in Bakersfield, California, where Newsom grew up.
What’s up Kevin? Newsom pleaded with the representative in an open letter, “We need you to own up to the fact that you represent a district with the highest murder rate in our state and you’re doing nothing to address it.”
The Daily Beast said that in 2021, the murder rate in Bakersfield was more than twice that of major cities such as New York and San Francisco.
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The Gun Violence Archive reports a total of 280 mass shootings and 18,649 deaths in the year 2023 as a result of firearms.
Newsom has already criticized McCarthy for continuing to defend gun rights despite the rising death toll.
McCarthy did not stop to answer reporters’ questions as he passed through the Capitol in March, after a school massacre in Nashville, Tennessee, left six people dead, including three children.
“Coward,” Newsom said at that time.
