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Shame! Shame! Shame! on New Mexico’s Queen Cersei Grisham

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Why yes, the empress is stark naked!

When even David Hogg says you’ve gone too far …

Yup. Hell has frozen over and Hoggs are flying.

 

… you have gone too far.

New Mexico Governor Grisham has ambitions: Catching the eye of wealthy anti-gun campaign donors. Being invited onto the Dem 2024 ticket. Having complete and total control over her constituents with no accountability. Ruling Westeros with her husbrother. Wait, wait … that’s Game of Thrones. But honestly, other than that twin-brother business, Cersei Lannister was arguably a better regent than Grisham. She certainly seemed to have had a better grasp on reality. Like her California compatriot Newsom, Grisham seems to believe that she rules by divine right, and not the will of the people. SHAME!

For all the details and the (far politer) analysis, we’re turning it over to the NSSF’s Larry Keane!

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NEW MEXICOโ€™S GOVERNOR REVEALS EMPIRICAL AMBITIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEMPT


By Larry Keane

New Mexicoโ€™s Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham created a Constitutional crisis when she published an emergency public health order banning law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights. Or โ€“ she didnโ€™t. She may have revealed that sheโ€™s nothing more than an emperor with no clothing.

Gov. Grisham issued aย public health orderย that bans carrying firearms in Bernalillo County on public property. The ban is in effect for the next 30 days. She also ordered the stateโ€™s Regulation and Licensing Division toย conduct monthly inspectionsย of licensed firearm retailers to ensure compliance with all sales and storage laws.

Second Amendment Brick Wall

Thereโ€™s just one problem โ€“ thereโ€™s a pretty important document that says that Gov. Grisham โ€“ nor any other public official โ€“ can unilaterally suspend rights belonging to โ€œThe People.โ€ The U.S. Constitutionโ€™s Bill of Rights makes clear that certain rights are endowed by our Creator. Gov. Grisham is treating these rights as privileges that she can pluck away at her whim. She is proving her contempt for the U.S. Constitution, her oath of office and New Mexicoโ€™s voters.

Violators could face civil penalties and a fine of up to $5,000, said a spokeswoman for Gov. Grisham to theย Associated Press. Residents can transport guns to some private locations, including a gun range or gun store, so long as the firearm is locked in a container or rendered impossible to discharge with a locking device.

The governor might want to familiarize herself with the U.S. Supreme Courtโ€™sย Heller,ย McDonaldย andย Bruenย decisions. The Court has spoken on these issues and the bad news is the governor isnโ€™t going to like the answers. Gov. Grisham admitted early that she knew this flagrant maneuver would run afoul of the Constitution.

โ€œI welcome the debate and fight about how to make New Mexicans safer,โ€ Gov. Grishamย said in a news conference. โ€œIโ€™ve warned everyone that we expect a direct challenge, probably as youโ€™re writing this weโ€™re getting a challenge, and thatโ€™s the way it should work.โ€

Except, she doesnโ€™t believe that at all. She believes sheโ€™s the final authority and the citizens of New Mexico are her subjects, not a set of laws to which she must answer.

โ€œNo constitutional right, in my view, including my oath, is intended to be absolute,โ€ sheย told mediaย when asked of the orderโ€™s legality.

Sheโ€™s stepping into a legal minefield. The Second Amendment is pretty clear โ€“ clear enough that even gun control advocatesย David Hoggย andย Ryan Busse, both representing organizations that salivate over the idea of banning entire classes of firearms, said sheโ€™s in unconstitutional territory. They agreed there is no public health exception to God-given rights.ย Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Calif.),ย no stranger to just about any gun control idea pitched in Washington, D.C., also agreed.

Gov. Grisham just canโ€™t suspend Constitutional rights willy-nilly, no matter how serious she is about it. She also canโ€™t force inspections on firearm retailers in New Mexico because the state lacks the authority to do it. There is no New Mexico firearm dealerโ€™s license, no New Mexico regulations covering firearm retailers and no New Mexico laws covering sales or storage by firearm retailers. The New Mexico Department of Health order directs the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Division to โ€œinspect,โ€ but leaves out thereโ€™sย no New Mexico lawย regulating firearm retailers, which are already regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Faltering Support

Gov. Grishamโ€™s insistence she has authority to wipe out Constitutional rights isnโ€™t enchanting anyone in the Land of Enchantment.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregmanย told media, โ€œAs an officer of the court, I cannot and will not enforce something that is clearly unconstitutional. This office will continue to focus on criminals of any age that use guns in the commission of a crime.โ€

โ€œWhile I understand and appreciate the urgency, the temporary ban challenges the foundation of our Constitution, which I swore an oath to uphold,โ€ Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said in aย statement. โ€œI am wary of placing my deputies in positions that could lead to civil liability conflicts, as well as the potential risks posed by prohibiting law-abiding citizens from their constitutional right to self-defense.โ€

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Media was quick to disavow any responsibility for enforcing Gov. Grishamโ€™s unconstitutional order.

โ€œThe governor made it clear that state law enforcement, and not [Albuquerque Police Department], will be responsible for enforcement of civil violations of the order,โ€ย he said.

Republican state Reps. Stefani Lord and John Block are nowย calling for her impeachment, citing her order as an infringement on New Mexicansโ€™ Second Amendment rights.

โ€œWe made an oath, which is a promise that we swear that weโ€™re going to uphold the Constitution, the rights of New Mexicans, and she threw that right out the window,โ€ said Rep. Lord. Rep. Lordย told Fox Newsย that, โ€œโ€ฆ she canโ€™t just raise her hand one day and say, I promise to uphold this oath and promised to protect the people of New Mexico and the Constitution, and then just one day decide, oh, just kidding.โ€

โ€œOur governor, she called for open season on law-abiding citizens by subverting the state and federal constitutions and laws of our state, and thatโ€™s something that needs to be remedied immediately,โ€ย saidย Rep. Block.

Second Time Offender

The governorโ€™s arrogance and disdain for Second Amendment rights arenโ€™t all that surprising. This isnโ€™t the first time sheโ€™s tried to use emergency executive authority to unilaterally wipe out Second Amendment rights in New Mexico. Gov. Grisham was among several state governors, including โ€“ certain cities and counties inย California,ย as well asย Delaware,ย Massachusetts,ย Michigan,ย New Jersey,ย New York,ย Pennsylvaniaย andย Washingtonย โ€“ that barred firearm retailers from opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. NSSF secured the inclusion of firearmย retailers and ranges as essential critical services, with federal guidance from the Department of Homeland Securityโ€™s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Gov. Grisham ignored that. It was then she showed her disregard for the Constitution. Gov. Grisham sentย state police to shut down Calibers, a firearm retailer and range. She wasย sued and ended up revisingย her order rather than facing defeat in court.

This all goes back to whatย NSSF has said before, warning that gun control activist politicians would seize on a supposed โ€œpublic health crisisโ€ to infringe upon and do away with Second Amendment rights. Crime, though, isnโ€™t a public health issue. Itโ€™s a criminal issue and a law enforcement issue. Thereโ€™s no inoculation that would prevent criminals from committing crimes.

Publicity Stunt?

This could all be exceptionally dumb, or exceptionally needy for media attention. National Reviewโ€™s Charles W. Cooke took a look andย writesย that thereโ€™s nothing in New Mexicoโ€™s laws, and certainly nothing in the U.S. Constitution, that would even hint at allowing this move thatโ€™s โ€“ letโ€™s be honest โ€“ tyrannical.

โ€œIf our elected officials were allowed to shelve our unalienable rights every time they believed that those rights were being abused by outlaws, then they wouldnโ€™t be unalienable rights; theyโ€™d be privileges,โ€ Cookeย writes.ย โ€œWhat a mountain of tyrannical stupidity she has built. I expect it to be short-lived.โ€

Gov. Grishamโ€™s orders might not go away without theย courts weighing in. At least six lawsuits have already been filed. They might not be the only ones. NSSF represents those firearm retailers that would be subject to Gov. Grishamโ€™s unlawful inspection orders. The firearm industry trade associationย will meet the governor in court, if needed, to show her that she doesnโ€™t wear a crown and her order is unconstitutional.

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