Liberals turn on New Mexico governor over gun suspension: ‘Violates the US Constitution’
FOX NewsSep 01, 2023
The Facts
On Saturday, the National Association for Gun Rights, a gun-rights group, and group member Foster Haines filed suit to block New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order. The order suspended the right to publicly carry firearms in Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County.
Previously, Lujan Grisham on Friday issued a public health order restricting both open and concealed carrying of firearms in response, she said, to recent shootings in her state.
The Spin
Republican narrative
Neither this order nor any restrictions on lawful gun possession will do anything to reduce crime. Yet here’s another Democrat deciding it’s better to dismiss the Constitution’s absolute right for law-abiding citizens to carry firearms rather than reconsidering their soft-on-crime policies, which are the reason for the nation’s crime wave. While the courts will again stop this left-leaning power grab, it’s about time Democrats stop trying these types of unconstitutional actions.
Democratic narrative
Something has to be done to slow the gun violence epidemic in the US. Even if a government action is eventually deemed unconstitutional by the courts, it’s worth instituting temporary measures and drawing attention to the issue through litigation. Republicans should offer solutions to the gun violence problem rather than just insisting everyone be allowed to carry an unlimited number of guns.
