As I said all long, locking people in their homes and shutting churches was just a proof-of- concept exercise
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New Mexico governor “temporarily” suspends Second Amendment rights
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, issued an emergency order on Friday suspending the right to carry guns in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding Bernalillo County for at least 30 days following recent instances of gun violence.
The governor said she expects the order to face legal challenges but that she believed she needed to act in response to recent gun-related deaths, such as an 11-year-old boy who was shot and killed outside a minor league baseball stadium earlier this week.
"When New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game — when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn — something is very wrong," Lujan Grisham said in a statement.
The suspension was classified as an emergency public health order, and applies to open and concealed carry in most public places, excluding police and licensed security guards. The restriction is connected to a threshold for violent crime rates met only by the Albuquerque area.
And the cops are going along with this, just as they did during the COVID lockdown, even while paying lip service to the Constitution.
Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said in a statement Friday night that he has concerns about the order but is prepared to cooperate to address gun violence.
"While I understand and appreciate the urgency, the temporary ban challenges the foundation of our constitution, which I swore an oath to uphold," Allen said. "I am wary of placing my deputies in positions that could lead to civil liability conflicts, as well as the potential risks posed by prohibiting law-abiding citizens from their constitutional right to self-defense."
Next up: quartering troops (or illegal aliens) in citizens’ houses? Warrantless searches? Imprisonment without trial or due process of law? Once this starts, the temptation to take dictatorial control is irresistible, as Governor Grisham has shown. If this keeps up, and it will, we may even see political candidates barred from office and imprisoned by politicians and prosecutors who oppose them.
Oh, that would never happen, would it?
UPDATE: The duty of a governor to uphold the Constitution “is not absolute”. No Democrat thinks it is, of course, but Governor Graham’s admission that she’s violating her oath of office is, or used to be, a surprising self-reveal.
