CA Gov Gavin Newsom: ‘The Second Amendment Is Becoming A Suicide Pact’ Amid Two Mass Shootings In His State

California Governor Gavin Newsom Also known as the Second Amendment “suicide pact” In the wake of two mass shootings In his state.

Speaking to CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell on Monday, in the wake of the mass shooting in the city of Monterey Park, Newsom attacked the constitutionally-protected right to bear arms. He claimed that the U.S. is the only country with mass shootings. He also criticized high-capacity guns magazines and demanded more restrictions.

“The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact, it feels like,” Newsom. “And that’s the only question the community wants [answered]: how are you going to — what about our kids when they’re going to school? What more can we do? And you know, again, we look at that all the time. I mean, we did another half-dozen gun safety bills last year, we’ll continue to find whatever loopholes we can, we’ll continue to lead the national conversation on gun safety reform.”

“And the data bears out,” Newsom added. “It works. It saves lives. California [has a] 37% lower gun death rate than the rest of the nation. And yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a d***. I can’t get anything done in Congress.”

“This Second Amendment’s becoming a suicide pact, it feels like,” Gov. Gavin Newsom tells @NorahODonnell In Monterey Park “California’s 37% lower than the death rate of the rest of the nation, and yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a damn.” pic.twitter.com/tSz7oawXtR

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 24, 2023

Newsom later appeared to rebut his remarks, saying that he values lawful gun owners. “Yeah, I have great respect,” He said. “I have no ideological opposition with someone reasonably and responsibly owning firearms and getting background checks and being trained and making sure they’re locked so their kid doesn’t accidentally shoot themselves or a loved one. Absolutely not. Never suggested that. That’s what they immediately do. ‘He wants to take away your guns.’ I just want to take away weapons of war that are illegal on the streets of California and should be illegal across the United States. I mean, literally, just use common sense.”

Large-capacity magazines are not appropriate for our streets. pic.twitter.com/kvYXFQBOQs

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 24, 2023

Newsom continued blasting mass shootings in America as a unique problem, and he took aim at high capacity magazines. “It’s always a weapon of mass destruction, isn’t it?” Newsom quipped. “I mean, I get it. We can talk about the anomalous nature of this, and it certainly is. But what is also anomalous is the fact that there’s a pattern here in the United States of America, these mass shootings that don’t exist anywhere else in the world, at least the free world. And maybe that should be the fundamental focus: large-capacity clips. Just insane. There’s no justification. Period. Full stop. It’s just insane. These people are perpetuating lunacy and should be ashamed of themselves.”

Ten people were killedIn a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration held in Monterey Park on Saturday night, 10 people were killed and another 10 injured. The shooting took place at a dance studio within the Asian community about 10 miles from Los Angeles. The shooter was identified by a man of Asian descent aged between 30-50 years. According to Daily Wire policy against naming mass-shooters, he will not be named by the police. According to reports, the man was also involved in another incident at Alhambra.

Newsom was filming his CBS interview Monday around the same time. another mass shooting Half Moon Bay is approximately 30 miles south from San Francisco. He allegedly opened fire on a mushroom farm where his workers were working, injuring four more and then driving to another location, where he allegedly killed three more. He was arrested in the parking lot of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Monday afternoon.

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