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Bang / Guns See other Bang / Guns Articles Title: The New Mexico Governor’s ‘Suspension’ of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Is Both Illegal and Stupid
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National Review
URL Source: https://www.nationalreview.com/corn ... ms-is-both-illegal-and-stupid/
Published: Sep 13, 2023
Author: Charles C. W. Cooke
Post Date: 2023-09-13 20:31:13 by Charles_Byrd
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This is not how the law works in America. As far as I can see, theres nothing in any New Mexico statute that gives the governor the power to declare an emergency suspending the right to carry, and theres certainly nothing in the U.S. Constitution that does. If our elected officials were allowed to shelve our unalienable rights every time they believed that those rights were being abused by outlaws, then they wouldnt be unalienable rights; theyd be privileges. Lujan Grisham knows this which is why she has said not only that she has warned everyone that we expect a direct challenge, but that the arrival of such a challenge is the way it should work. Those are the words of a person who knows she is breaking the law but has resolved to do it anyway. I have to take a tough direct stand, she insists, giving the game away. Actually, she does not. She has to uphold her oath of office. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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