There have been two arrests in the case of an 11-year-old boy who was shot and killed outside a baseball stadium, the case that New Mexico governor Grisham used as an excuse to ban firearm carry in the state's largest city. More than a dozen rounds were fired into the pickup truck carrying the boy and his 24-year-old cousin, who was paralyzed from the waist down as a result.
Investigators initially thought it might be an instance of road rage and democrat Grisham pounced on that as an "only deplorables carry guns and they must be stopped" opportunity.
But, surprise! It wasn't some good ol' boy in a fit of road rage after a few too many beers at the baseball game. Two drug dealers were arrested for the crime, one of them 22 and the other 21. The 22-year-old already had a warrant active for failing to appear on a drug charge, and the 21-year-old had around 100,000 fentanyl tablets in his vehicle when he was arrested.
Regarding the arrests and the crime, Albuquerque police chief Harold Medina told reporters: "It is our belief that these cowards mixed up the two vehicles and shot into the wrong vehicle."
Of course it isn't criminals that's the problem. It's guns. The criminals are all good people who simply need compassion, understanding, gentle treatment, and no expensive cash bails. But guns? Guns are downright evil.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/two-me ... 023-09-22/
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- Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:38 am
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- Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:49 pm
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powerboatr wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 1:27 pm apnews.com
Group sues after New Mexico governor suspends right to carry guns in Albuquerque in public
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque has drawn an immediate court challenge Saturday from a gun-rights group.
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:07 pm
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It was much worse during Katrina, but at least that was done under an existing emergency declaration...still absolutely wrong, but at least wasn't just on the whim of a governor who decided over corn flakes and coffee one morning that it would be fun to do. For background, reading about House bill H.R. 5013 introduced the March after Katrina, in 2006, is pretty informative: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRE ... g15747.htm.
I'm not sure, but I think that bill ended up stalling out and going nowhere. Texas, though, introduced and passed its own bill to prevent that sort of...stuff from happening here.(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution states that a
"well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of
a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms,
shall not be infringed'', and Congress has repeatedly
recognized this language as protecting an individual right.
(2) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, State and local law
enforcement and public safety service organizations were
overwhelmed and could not fulfill the safety needs of the
citizens of the State of Louisiana.
(3) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the safety of these
citizens, and of their homes and property, was threatened by
instances of criminal activity.
(4) Many of these citizens lawfully kept firearms for the
safety of themselves, their loved ones, their businesses, and
their property, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, and
used their firearms, individually or in concert with their
neighbors, for protection against crime.
(5) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, certain agencies
confiscated the firearms of these citizens in contravention
of the Second Amendment, depriving these citizens of the
right to keep and bear arms and rendering them helpless
against criminal activity.
(6) These confiscations were carried out at gunpoint by
nonconsensual entries into private homes, by traffic
checkpoints, by stoppage of boats, and otherwise by force.
(7) The citizens from whom firearms were confiscated were
either in their own homes or attempting to flee the flooding
and devastation by means of motor vehicle or boat, and were
accosted, stopped, and arbitrarily deprived of their private
property and means of protection.
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:44 pm
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Philip added this subject earlier today to the running topic here: viewtopic.php?p=1334441#p1334441.
The call to impeach is fine, but I hope there is one or more lawsuits filed soon. A partisan push to impeach by the party in the minority will go nowhere, and if there aren't repercussions like having to battle a constitutional infringement lawsuit in the courts, this might give other governors the bright idea that they can get away with this, too.
The call to impeach is fine, but I hope there is one or more lawsuits filed soon. A partisan push to impeach by the party in the minority will go nowhere, and if there aren't repercussions like having to battle a constitutional infringement lawsuit in the courts, this might give other governors the bright idea that they can get away with this, too.