Posted on 09/13/2023 10:43:58 PM PDT by Signalman
Afederal judge on Wednesday blocked part of New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michele Lujan Grisham's public health order suspending the carrying of firearms in public in Albuquerque.
U.S. District Judge David Urias issued the ruling, per the Associated Press. The governor issued the order on Friday in the wake of the shooting of an 11-year-old boy outside a baseball stadium.
The 30-day order would have barred the open and concealed carry of guns within the city and imposed fines on violators. The move drew scrutiny from gun rights advocates, Republicans, and Democrats alike over concerns about its constitutionality.
State Attorney General Raul Torrez, a Democrat, announced Tuesday that he would not defend the governor's order, saying "I do not believe that the Emergency Order will have any meaningful impact on public safety... I do not believe it passes constitutional muster."
California Democrat Congressman Ted Lieu, a gun control advocate, raised eyebrows with his quick condemnation of Lujan Grisham's order, stating on X that "I support gun safety laws. 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."
Lujan Grisham's order prompted a bevy of legal challenges from gun rights groups and even drew calls for her impeachment.
A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico’s largest metro area, with criticism mounting and political divides widening over the Democratic governor’s action.
The rest of the public health order, including directives for monthly inspections of firearms dealers statewide, reports on gunshot victims at New Mexico hospitals and wastewater testing for illicit substances, remains intact.
Finally.
Yet realistically she should have been arrested immediately on uttering the bs for violating both state and federal constitutions.
The governor of New Mexico belongs behind bars!
Get all communists out of government!
that took too long IMO!
should of been done within an HOUR of the crazy governors announcement!
“…should of been done within an HOUR of the crazy governors announcement!”
These days I think they want to see if they’re going to get away with it. When Americans turned out ARMED they decided “no”.
There were a couple of cops sitting at the table when she made her decrees. They could have arrested her right then and there. Multiple eyewitnesses, video evidence of a crime being committed.
They should have.
But they didn’t.
Which is absolutely idiotic.
Word is that at least one of them told her before she issued her degree that it was unconstitutional but she did it anyway.
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