Quote of the Day
But here’s what I do think. It’s a pretty resounding message.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico Governor
September 9, 2023
The above quote was obtained from the video embedded in this tweet:
The Governor of New Mexico has just declared the 1st & 2nd Amendment “does not exist” due to an “emergency.”
Under this legal theory *all* of our “rights” are essentially eliminated.
Watch the most evil & tyrannical 60 seconds you’ve ever heard from a politician: pic.twitter.com/xLpMSTbyi2
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 9, 2023
See also New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque.
It’s interesting to me that she openly admits the order will not be obeyed by the criminals, but it is about “doing something” and sending a message.
Hence, you can believe she knows it is ineffective in the stated goal of making ordinary people safer and she is doing it anyway to “send a message” that she could not have sent by sending a statement to the media. Or her real goal is to infringe upon the rights of hundreds of thousands of people and use the old tired excuse of, “for the children”.
Via Kyle Seraphin @KyleSeraphin:
Via the NRA:
And perhaps one of the most surprising takes on the topic is from David Hogg:
I support gun safety but there is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the U.S. Constitution.
Even the anti-gun people realize one of their own has gone too far, too fast.
I assess, that with high probability, Governor Grisham’s order will not last the 30 days she proclaimed it would, Furthermore, with all the people pointing out 18 USC 242 and other legal remedies, she may even be removed from office over this.
She sent a message. The people are sending their own message. Who has the most effecting messaging?
We live in interesting times.