Newsom’s right on stricter gun laws but he misfired on his proposed constitutional amendment

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a good target, but the aim is off in his effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with a gun-control mandate.

California’s liberal governor has absolutely no chance of getting a gun control amendment adopted. It’s beyond the realm of political possibility — at least for the foreseeable future.

But that’s OK. At the current rate of gun carnage across America — and with the firearms lobby’s stubborn refusal to compromise on reasonable regulation — it’s only a matter of time in this century before some 2nd Amendment tinkering occurs.

Newsom wants to get it rolling.

“If you don’t start, it will never happen,” he says.

Newsom’s aim is off-line because he’s trying to cement specific regulations into the Constitution.