Gavin Newsom, His Highness the High Kommisar of California, has proposed a new “28th” Constitutional Amendment, to be prepared by a Constitutional Convention. According to this video, the Amendment would feature 4 keys: (1) prohibiting purchase of any gun by anyone under age 21, (2) requiring a “reasonable” waiting period before a person can take possession of a gun they have bought, (3) mandate “universal” background checks, and (4) prevent “civilians” from owning “assault weapons.” (Never mind defining these things: His Highness and his minions in the constitutional convention will do that for you.)
Now, before we all blow our tops, consider what Newsom has done by calling for a Constitutional Amendment that would modify the 2nd Amendment. (Or frankly, mostly negate it.)
The governor has tacitly admitted that the State of California (and other States) with these provisions in their laws and regulations are in violation of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution, as courts have determined that the States are subject to the provisions of the Bill of Rights. This is something new, and weakens the arguments of many Californians, and hoplophobes and hoploclasts throughout the States.
Let us look at this more closely.
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The Price of Liberty 
And yes, these people vote… and are supposedly teaching our kids
A true story.
A school teacher called a financial institution. She is paying on her credit card and had established a direct payment from her checking account, based on her being paid “at the end of the month.” And her payment wasn’t made: in essence, the electronic check “bounced.” So she was angry with the institution. It didn’t wait for her paycheck to clear (be posted). After several minutes, she demanded escalation, and an account manager took her call. She explained to the teacher that while she was being paid at the end of the month, did she know exactly which day the school deposited her pay? She looked it up and saw that it was indeed the last working day of the month. The manager explained that banks have until the next business day to post a deposit, and the demand bounced because the institution had followed her instructions to do the withdrawal on the last day, working day or not, of the month.
“But your blanketty-blank bank didn’t wait until the end of the month!” the teacher told the manager. “In February, you tried to take the money on the 28th! Not the end of the month, the 30th or 31st!”
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