New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) issued an order Friday suspending, for 30 days, state residents’ rights to carry guns for self-defense in Albuquerque.
The ban applies to concealed and open carry.
The Associated Press reported that the governor made the move in response to gun violence in the city of Albuquerque.
KOB4 noted the ban on carrying guns begins September 8 and runs for 30 days, after which the governor will make a decision about extending it.
When questioned about her order’s impact on the Second Amendment, the governor stressed her belief that “no constitutional right … is intended to be absolute.
The Governor of New Mexico has just declared the 1st & 2nd Amendment “does not exist” due to an “emergency.”
Under this legal theory *all* of our “rights” are essentially eliminated.
Watch the most evil & tyrannical 60 seconds you’ve ever heard from a politician: pic.twitter.com/xLpMSTbyi2
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 9, 2023
It’s not going well with either side
“I support gun safety laws,” California Democrat Congressman Ted Lieu wrote on X, the platform previously called Twitter. “However, this order from the Governor of New Mexico violates the U.S. Constitution. No state in the union can suspend the federal Constitution. There is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution.”
Local LEO’s won’t be enforcing it
Lujan Grisham said state police would be responsible for enforcing what amount to civil violations. Albuquerque police Chief Harold Medina said he won’t enforce it, and Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said he’s uneasy about it because it raises too many questions about constitutional rights.
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And they say Trump is a threat to democracy
In typically Democrat fashion, Grisham makes a lame-ass attempt to solve a problem by suppressing the rights of those least likely to be a part of it. Every time a Democrat addresses gun crime, they ALWAYS impose their stupid, ineffective, pointless rules on the wrong people. Of course, this never reduces gun crime and provides more opportunities to impose MORE restrictions and suppression of citizen’s rights.
Democrats want to make society safe for them to rule, not safe for citizens to live.
Uh, very unconstitutional.
A trial run for the next scamdemic. If Trump does not win in 2024 and begin to reverse this totalitarian push by the left.
The left is out in the open now and it could not be more clear that the left(democrat) party is a clear and present danger to the freedom of all Americans.
Another leftists imbecilic who needs whole new job as Janitor if they cant abide by the U.S. Constitution then they should totally resign from politics
If this fat idiot had any presidential aspirations, they just went up in smke…
Have an “open carry day, where everbody carries.. then,, Sue the State.
And she will be voted back in just like Hawaii will vote solid blue in 2024 despite the Maui disaster(amazing how fast that one was “forgotten”) the dems presided over from the local level up to the federal level. You can’t fix stupid.
I sure would like to see Rittenhouse humiliate Hogg that youthful little brat needs a good trouncing
I’LL GET YOU MY PRETTY AND YOUR LITTLE DOG TO