New Mexico Governor Declares Emergency,
'Suspends' Gun Rights in Shocking Move
Red State,
by
Bonchie
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
9/9/2023 12:35:57 AM
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a public health emergency over "gun violence" on Thursday following the death of an 11-year-old boy. On Friday, she took the unprecedented step of "suspending" gun rights in Albuquerque, the state's largest city, with the possibility of other cities following suit.
Gov. Lujan Grisham declared gun violence a public health emergency Thursday, following the murder of an 11-year-old boy on his way home from an Isotopes game Wednesday night. That case, combined with several other violent cases involving children, sparked the decision.
The new public health order is effective Friday, Sept. 8. After 30 days, they will evaluate
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 9/9/2023 12:48:38 AM (No. 1552373)
FTA: "To say this is unconstitutional is a massive understatement. Gun rights, including duly passed open and concealed carry laws, can't simply be "suspended" by a governor, and doing so under the guise of an emergency is tyrannical." Does the constitutionality of this move concern Ms. Grisham? Apparently it does not concern her in the least, but making some blithering statement seems to have opened the conversation.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
kdsils60 9/9/2023 12:49:10 AM (No. 1552374)
Remember Moses as he held his rifle up above the stage... "FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS"... that is all...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher 9/9/2023 12:51:39 AM (No. 1552375)
I can't seem to find that clause in the constitution that allows for its own suspension on the ehim of dome governor.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Vesicant 9/9/2023 12:52:50 AM (No. 1552376)
Applying the COVID playbook to guns. Why is anybody surprised?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jimincalif 9/9/2023 12:53:14 AM (No. 1552377)
Gun and ammo sales will skyrocket nationwide.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
skacmar 9/9/2023 12:59:43 AM (No. 1552380)
Do I understand this correctly? Legal gun owners are being punished because criminals/murderers with illegal guns will be free to continue to commit crimes. The Governor seems to forget that criminals ignore the laws and don't really care what the Governor "declares". She is just another Democrat petty dictator.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
smokincol 9/9/2023 1:08:45 AM (No. 1552385)
she couldn't be more wrong in what she did and the people of New Mexico should make it known to her in no uncertain terms in the next election
Question to Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Are you now or have you been a member of the Communist Party of the United States? Please answer in one word: Yes of No
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
XCenturion 9/9/2023 1:32:33 AM (No. 1552396)
The governor is obviously not focusing on the problem, that being criminals with guns. In typical Democrat fashion she outlaws law abiding citizens from exerting their 2A rights, and diverts attention away from the real problem in our country Democrats being soft on crime!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 9/9/2023 2:19:44 AM (No. 1552416)
Is this an impeachable offense?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 9/9/2023 2:38:08 AM (No. 1552419)
The Knotseez are on the march. They will tear down your front door and search you, at their will, until they are satisfied.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 9/9/2023 2:42:24 AM (No. 1552421)
I’m cynical. Is this a trial run for implementation nationwide?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 9/9/2023 2:50:01 AM (No. 1552423)
So her edict takes away a citizen's right to carry a gun (concealed or open) in high crime areas. How does that in even the slightest way make any sense at all? That's like saying when driving through a hailstorm, you're not allowed to put the top up on your convertible.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mifla 9/9/2023 4:42:14 AM (No. 1552431)
I am suspending all liberal politicians from office due to the public health emergency caused by liberal politicians.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BarryNo 9/9/2023 4:57:10 AM (No. 1552437)
This is why the second amendment exists. Defy and if necessary, overthrow.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Trigger2 9/9/2023 5:36:33 AM (No. 1552450)
What is she? Another leftist commie moron?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
terrywhite 9/9/2023 5:47:00 AM (No. 1552458)
Every citizen or resident of Albuquerque should strap on a handgun and wear it openly everywhere, every day for the next 30 days.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
5 handicap 9/9/2023 6:14:48 AM (No. 1552468)
Everyone who can...should strap on and carry at all times. Then rid the community of ANYONE who tries to enforce such a ban.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
vrb8m 9/9/2023 6:25:36 AM (No. 1552476)
She can't do this. Tyrant. There go my tourism dollars.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
chumley 9/9/2023 6:33:53 AM (No. 1552478)
I moved away from there twenty years ago. South of Interstate 40 was good strong people and families. North of 40 was freaks. Albuquerque is right on the dividing line. Sorry my old home has sunk to this level of tyranny.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 9/9/2023 7:01:54 AM (No. 1552486)
Does the order apply to the transport of guns in a car? And is Grisham’s security detail disarmed for the next 30 days?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 9/9/2023 7:18:04 AM (No. 1552487)
It is a heart problem and the more they take God out of society, the less love for their neighbor. Do they not get it?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Sully 9/9/2023 7:19:53 AM (No. 1552489)
This is the fruit of the covid lockdowns.
Suspension of Constitutional rights is now precedented.
It is also a George Floyd Kickstart as the tyrant was just waiting for the right tragedy to occur to make her move.
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Until a governor can stop criminals from bearing arms I don't see any way that this is Constitutional. We, as Americans, have the "RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS", it is not a gift from the government of the state or the nation, It is a RIGHT, And according to our Constitution it is an INALIENABLE right that cannot be recinded. Here is the definition in case you are a brain dead democrat...
in·al·ien·a·ble
/inˈālēənəb(ə)l/
adjective
unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.
"freedom of religion, the most inalienable of all human rights"
Thes are rights we are born with as humans, There is no law or legislation that can take these rights away from us regardless of the New Communist Democrat party's attempt to do so.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 9/9/2023 7:48:46 AM (No. 1552503)
Governorlissima Lujan has vastly overstepped Constitutional boundaries again, and like the ‘for thirty days” decrees she made for the first Covid panic, they will be renewed EVERY thirty days for a year +. (Not that anyone gives a da..ng about the Constitution anymore, either Federal or State.)
And I kind expect that she will try to expand this to the rest of the state if Bernalillo County knuckles under..... But that’s just my paranoid opinion.
Sundance over at Conservative Treehouse has posted a coge3nt analysis of this.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/9/2023 8:00:40 AM (No. 1552511)
Obvious 2A violation which will not be tolerated for long. We must nip these kneejerk reactions in the bud. What was an 11-year-old boy doing at a ball game during the week when he probably had homework to do? Shivanthi Sathanandan. the overzealous liberal idiot up there in Minneapolis who defunded the police, will have some good comments when she can talk again.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
philsner 9/9/2023 8:01:46 AM (No. 1552513)
So stupid. Watch closely, all gun violence in those counties will immediately cease.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/9/2023 8:13:30 AM (No. 1552520)
The Constitution is the Highest Law of the land, and the Constitution says nothing about, "health emergency powers" being afforded to the governor of any State. New Mexico is a lost cause.
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Another example why putting a woman in charge of ANYTHING can only result in disaster.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
jimincalif 9/9/2023 8:38:22 AM (No. 1552533)
#22 nails it. The totalitarians love their “emergency” powers, Covid just gave them a taste of what they could do, and they crave more and more. Health emergencies, climate emergencies, “insurrection” emergencies will all be used to deny us our rights. The courts are too slow and cumbersome to stop it all, and even with clear legal guidance, they will just ignore laws they find inconvenient, just like this tin pot governor is now doing. And despite all the abuses of emergency powers we saw during Covid, I don’t believe any state has significantly re used their laws to limit such abuse in the future.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/9/2023 8:44:17 AM (No. 1552537)
Common sense tells us that the criminals who perpetuate the aggravated assaults and murders using firearms will simply ignore the Governor’s order, as they do other laws, and will carry on as usual. The only citizens who will be inconvenienced and maybe arrested for carrying their firearms for the most part will be the law abiding citizens. The question is how can a Governor of a State waive a right granted to law abiding citizens by the US Constitution?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
presty 9/9/2023 8:47:09 AM (No. 1552540)
We literally just moved from Albuquerque to Florida in the last month because of the gross buffoonery that is New Mexico and the "Duke City" that is owned by the cartels. New Mexico ranks at the bottom (top?) of every undesirable list: DUI, high school graduation rates, violent crime, child welfare, etc. Breaking Bad was a documentary, folks, not a drama.
The mayor of Albuquerque (Tim Keller) is just as much an inept fool and tyrant as Little Governor Stompy Foot. During the Covid lockdowns she got jewelry and food delivered, her hair done, and was observed walking around without a mask just like all the other glitterati who think the rules they dictate are sacrosanct but only applicable to the masses.
Note also her comments to a local ABQ TV station (KOAT): “I can invoke additional powers," Lujan Grisham said. "No constitutional right, in my view, including my oath, is intended to be absolute." Let the bald-faced intent of her remark and comfort in expression sink in for a few minutes and project forward what her and her ilk would truly do if they felt they had unfettered power. They're almost there...
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/9/2023 9:14:09 AM (No. 1552559)
Unconstitutional...We WILL NOT COMPLY!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
KevinSeattle 9/9/2023 9:19:57 AM (No. 1552568)
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said they would not be enforcing the order and there were concerns that doing so could violate the department’s police reform settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. And in a statement, Sheriff John Allen said he had “reservations regarding this order.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
KevinSeattle 9/9/2023 9:23:51 AM (No. 1552573)
The above taken from the Albuquerque Journal, Journal Staff Writers Sep 8, 2023.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
reefdiver 9/9/2023 9:39:15 AM (No. 1552584)
If you have an increase in auto fatalities, do you ban cars?
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Brunsong 9/9/2023 9:39:29 AM (No. 1552586)
This unconstitutional dictate is more a reflection of the voters of New Mexico than anything else. They are the ones that put this tyrannical hypocrite in office despite the evidence of her prior four years as governor. The folks in the Land of Enchantment are getting what they deserve and proving they are worthy of lost constitutional rights. They deserve this boot in the mouth.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Ebenezer 9/9/2023 9:47:37 AM (No. 1552592)
She knows this is unconstitutional, and she also knows that a court will overturn her edict soon. This is just "playing to the cheap seats", which is what leftists love to do because it's a lot easier than solving the problem.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 9/9/2023 10:48:13 AM (No. 1552624)
Many states and the feds are watching to see if the New Mexico governor gets away with this and then they will follow suit. This might actually wake people up to the threat our government represents. Far too many people foolishly put their trust in Washington.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Birddog 9/9/2023 10:48:14 AM (No. 1552625)
#1 cause of death of young children is drowning, it's also the number 2 cause of death of ALL children.
New Mexico's rate of drowning children is almost double the national average, 3-5 times the national rate for drownings in "Public Places", while absolute numbers have appeared to drop in recent years(perhaps due to drought)
This concerned Governors only logical recourse is an executive edict to..."Ban all Water, in Public lakes/ponds/canals and Pools, order the suspension of all Rainfall in the more urban/populated areas, In particular Sierra County where drowning is 68% higher than elsewhere in the State".
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 9/9/2023 10:54:42 AM (No. 1552632)
The Bill of Rights is null and void in New Mexico. New Mexico voters elected their Dictator. Now they have to live with her Dictates. Only the Supreme Court can save the citizens.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
DVC 9/9/2023 11:35:50 AM (No. 1552663)
Absolutely illegal, unconstitutional. Does she think she can suspend any OTHER Constitutional Rights?
She has NO authority for this.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/9/2023 12:22:53 PM (No. 1552698)
She won't know whose doors to kick in unless there's a gun registry. Capiche?
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 9/9/2023 2:35:15 PM (No. 1552765)
Grisham, expect everyone to ignore your so-called "order". You just did something very unlawful. Ooops...silly me. I forgot rule of law means nothing to you. We own guns for a reason - to protect ourselves from bad people and from this federal government. And from various state and local governments.
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