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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Abené Clayton

Gavin Newsom wants to change the US constitution to stop gun violence – will he succeed?

man wearing blue suit stands with hands clasped in front of five microphones as people stand behind him
Gavin Newsom speaks in the aftermath of a shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, on 24 January 2023. Photograph: Samantha Laurey/AFP via Getty Images

As US courts roll back gun safety legislation and states expand gun rights, Gavin Newsom is pursuing an unprecedented long-shot effort to curb gun violence: a new constitutional amendment.

The deeply entrenched national gun culture and political divisions in the US has been a roadblock to establishing federal and state policies that would address the epidemic of gun violence in the US, which left nearly 43,000 people dead in 2023.

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