"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," said Newsom in a statement.

His claim that such a move would "leave the 2nd Amendment intact" is quite an eye-roller: While the 2nd Amendment's language may not change, Newsom's 28th Amendment would clearly represent a frontal assault on the scope of the 2nd Amendment's protection of the right of armed self-defense.