I think there’s a lot of danger in a Constitutional Convention. Once it starts who is to say what happens. The left will cheat, lie, misdirect and try desperately to stack the thing. Adios 1st and 2nd Amendment maybe.
Kind of like they are doing right now all day, every day without a convention?
One common misperception is that this would be a "Constitutional Convention", meaning that the whole of the Constitution would be up for possible revision. That is incorrect. This would be an Article 5 convention. Article 5 only allows the calling of the convention to propose amendments to the Constitution, not to rewrite the Constitution. And any amendments proposed by the convention would still have to go through the normal ratification process, meaning 38 states would have to ratify any amendments proposed. Can you imagine 38 states ratifying amendments abolishing the 1st and 2nd amendments?
The ratification process protects us from a run away convention. IMHO a balanced budget amendment is NOT what we need initially. The first order of business is the repeal of the 17th amendment. Doing so doing so will reestablish a strong state presence in the national legislature. I believe much of the mischief the federal government practices will be corrected by this simple change. Including correction of the endlessly active federal courts and agencies.
If it doesn't start, who is to say what happens?