New Mexico Democratic Governor Lujan Grisham declaration that she could unilaterally suspend parts of the United State Constitution by decree have gone over like a depleted uranium balloon:
New Mexico’s Democratic attorney general notified the governor, a fellow Democrat, on Tuesday that he will not defend her in litigation challenging her public health order temporarily banning firearms in certain counties and imposing other gun restrictions.
The prohibition applies to Albuquerque and Bernalillo counties.
“Though I recognize my statutory obligation as New Mexico’s chief legal officer to defend state officials when they are sued in their official capacity, my duty to uphold and defend the constitutional rights of every citizen takes precedence,” New Mexico attorney general Raúl Torrez wrote to fellow Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in a letter. “Simply put, I do not believe that the Emergency Order will have any meaningful impact on public safety but, more importantly, I do not believe it passes constitutional muster.”
Multiple plaintiffs — the National Association for Gun Rights, We the Patriots USA, residents of the affected counties, and Gun Owners of America — filed lawsuits against Grisham and her administration over the dictate.
Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen announced Monday that his office would not enforce the order, arguing that it is unconstitutional, according to the NM Political Report.
“There’s no way we can enforce that order. This ban does nothing to curb gun violence,” Allen said at a Monday press conference. “We must always remember not only are we protecting the Second Amendment, but at the same time, we have a lot of violence within our community. Let me be clear, I hold my standards high, and I do not or never will hedge on what is right.”
Know who else won’t enforce the ban? Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Police Chief Harold Medina. That pretty much leave only the state police to enforce Grisham’s unconstitutional ban. And none of them were in evidence when 150 or so New Mexico citizens violated the ban without being arrested.
Prior to Grisham’s unconstitutional decree, open carry was “legal in New Mexico without a license for anyone at least 19 years of age who can legally possess a firearm.” And, actually, it still is, it’s just that Grisham and her lackeys want to pretend she has the power to abrogate the constitution and pass laws by royal decree without benefit of the legislative branch.
It’s well documented that Democrats love banning guns almost as much as graft and abortion. The fact that so many prominent New Mexico Democrats have said categorically that they won’t back Grisham’s insane power play is telling as to just how far out of the mainstream her illegal ban grab is.
Tags: Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, Democrats, Guns, Harold Medina, John Allen (NM), Lujan Grisham, National Association for Gun Rights, New Mexico, Regulation, Sam Bregman, Second Amendment, Tim Keller
Should we set up a betting pool regarding who will be the first big-name dem to be packed off to Gitmo?
Can’t help but suspect that this was an experimental “toe in the water” to see what happened.
They’re not going to stop with this until careers are ended and lives taken, I fear.
I also suspect that one of these days, likely soon, we’re going to see one of these wannabe petty tyrants taken out of their state-owned governor’s mansions, tried by plebiscite, and hung in front of the capitol building.
It’s a coordinated effort to slew the ‘middle’ far left. Real anti-gunners will be trying to use her to appear ‘realistic’ – while still working to remove semiauto carbines, hi cap mags, etc.
“There is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution.” Ted Lieu
“[T]here is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution.” David Hogg
New Mexico’s governess (sic) was used as a sacrificial lamb to push wide open the Overton Window’s boundaries so that “reasonable” gun control advocates could insert themselves as a voice of moderation and reason amidst the clash of competing 2A claims.
Hegelian dialect controls the narrative: Lujan Grisham is a radical extremist, just like the NRA. In the interest of comity and good-will, let’s have a reasonable compromise between these two extreme factions.
“Reasonable” looks like this: no ghost guns; no bump stocks; no shoulder braces; no high caliber (sic) guns; reloading powder and primers must be stored in fireproof lock boxes; reduced capacity pistol and rifle magazines…well, you get the idea.
@Malthus: Don’t forget to ban the shoulder thing that goes up.
…Saturday Night Specials, Kop Killer boolits, bayonet lugs, etc., ad nauseum.
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It’s worth pointing out that it’s not even a question of the federal Constitution; New Mexico’s constitution has a clause that’s less open to interpretation guaranteeing its citizens the right to bear arms.
Razorfist suggests it’s an attempt to establish the Second Amendment as the only guarantee of those rights in an attempt to consolidate its opponents’ efforts, since they likely regard getting an anti-gun majority on the Supreme Court easier than dealing with the guns rights clauses in the states that have them.
Y’know, as long as we’re discussing potential five-D chess moves.
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