The 2nd Amendment nor any Constitutional right doesn’t matter to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. Any citizen who open or conceal carries is not allowed to do so for thirty days due to her declaring an “emergency.”

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Friday a new public health order that outlines immediate actions aimed at quickly reducing gun violence and illegal drug use in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.

The recent shooting deaths of a thirteen-year-old girl on July 28, a five-year-old girl on August 14, and an eleven-year-old boy on September 6, as well as two mass shootings this year spurred the governor to declare gun violence a public health emergency on Thursday. Today’s public health order includes directives to curb the gun violence and drug abuse that the Governor has declared to be public health emergencies.

So, regular LAW-ABIDING citizens will be punished by having their 2nd Amendment rights taken away. This is the fix she came up with. It’s utterly dumfounding, it’s useless, and I cannot believe law enforcement is on board with this. 

Supposedly, kicking our 2nd Amendment rights to the curb for thirty days will cause all crime to cease, drug use and abuse to drop, and no one will be shot or killed in that time span. The plan itself is very restrictive to law-abiding citizens. 

Under the plan, citizens with carry permits will still be allowed to possess their weapons on private property such as gun ranges and gun stores if the firearm is transported in a locked box or a trigger lock or other mechanism is used to render the gun incapable of being fired, according to the statement.

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The order also prohibits firearms on state property, including state buildings and schools, as well as parks and other places where children gather.

Under the order, licensed firearm dealers will be inspected monthly by New Mexico’s Regulation and Licensing Division to ensure compliance with sales and storage laws. Additionally, state health and environmental officials will begin wastewater testing for illegal substances such as fentanyl at schools.

And what about the criminals? Will they comply with this new directive? No. Heck, even Grisham admits they won’t stop!

I’m glad that some in law enforcement are pushing back against this. Again, kicking the 2nd Amendment to the curb doesn’t, won’t, and never has stopped a criminal bent on using a gun to commit a crime.

Grisham’s tanking of the Constitution for thirty days is stepping WAY out of bounds. And again, she admits this new type of gun control won’t stop the criminals, but it will send a message. 

At risk of stating what should be obvious, deliberately violating the Constitution is next-level illegal.

How soon can this person be removed from office?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 9, 2023

AGREED. And the message she is sending it that citizens will be helpless to defend themselves against criminals. 

The thirty day ban also won’t stop the drug crisis. Which is due, in part to the fact that our border is non-existent and the fentanyl crisis has been inflicted on us because of Joe Biden’s open border polices. Furthermore, New Mexico as with other progressive liberal states and cities, has been giving a pass to the criminals. As Dana Loesch points out here, no matter what Grisham says, crime has been on the rise because of a failure to prosecute. 

Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden said the recent spike was in part due to the case management order that went into effect in 2015. The state Supreme Court order that only affected the Albuquerque area aimed to reduce the population in jail by moving cases through the courts more quickly.

“With the case management order we started to see cases being dismissed by the District Attorney’s office and started to see the jail population decrease,” Eden said. “Quite frankly, what I think happened is there were just too many decisions being made in the criminal justice system and that has created a real perfect storm for our state and for the 2nd judicial district.”

So, her solution is to stomp all over the 2nd Amendment and put law-abiding citizens at risk. 

…Many will of course celebrate the boldness of Grisham in taking away an individual right under a cleaver measure. It is, however, too cleaver by half. If not found moot at the end of the period, New Mexico could supply a vehicle to curtail future public health rationales.

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) September 9, 2023

Criminals all over Albuquerque are laughing and celebrating right now. This 30-day order won’t put a dent in crime and it wouldn’t surprise me on bit if crime rates RISE during this period. 

The Constitutional implications of this dictatorial move, especially post Bruen, are vast. Yet, according to New Mexico Governor Grisham, she has every right to do this. 

After suspending the right to carry firearms, New Mexico’s Governor just said her duty to uphold her oath to the constitution is "not absolute" pic.twitter.com/wY3xSwIUIs

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) September 9, 2023

And…that is where she is totally wrong. Our Constitutional rights are solid bedrock. You don’t get to kick any of those rights to the curb just because your own policies and choices have led to the criminal element getting out of hand. 

UPDATE: Even some very liberal Democrats understand how bad this is. 

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. https://t.co/kOhLMtaOl2

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 9, 2023

Pretty telling that they say “there’s no such thing as a **state** public health exception”

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) September 9, 2023

There is that…so watch and see if they try that on the federal level given it somewhat worked during Covid! 

Feature Photo Credit: Original artwork by Victory Girls Darleen Click