Shawn Ryan gave Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) a pistol on the latest episode of the Shawn Ryan Show, and Newsom responded by saying, “I’m not anti-gun at all.”
Newsom went on to state his opposition to “large-capacity magazine clips” and “weapons of war.” (The phrase “weapons of war” is lefty-speak for America’s most popular rifle, the AR-15.)
There is no exact figure on how many gun control bills Newsom has signed while governor of California, but ABC 30 reported he signed 23 on September 27, 2023, alone.
He also signed a number of gun control bills into law on September 24, 2024, and CAL MATTERS noted that he unsuccessfully pushed a 28th amendment to the United States Constitution that would have “place[d] new age limits, background check requirements and mandatory waiting periods for gun purchasers.” The amendment would also have banned ownership of AR-15s and AK-47s, tens of millions of which are widely owned by Americans throughout the country.
Despite all this gun control and more, Newsom accepted the Sig Sauer P365 X-Macro handgun from Ryan and said, “People have a right to bear arms and I got no ideological opposition to that at all.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
