Remember, she and her cohorts in September tried to suspend the Constitution in Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County through a so-called “public health emergency.”
But she and her anti-gun colleagues in the state legislature are proposing yet another gun control agenda to foist onto New Mexico residents.
Grisham is readying for a state version of the “GOSAFE” gun and magazine ban. This would prohibit almost all semi-automatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable magazine.
In other words, sporting rifles that are enjoyed by tens of millions of law-abiding Americans. This proposal will be on the table when the new legislative session begins on Jan. 16.
It is a copycat version of the ban introduced in the U.S. Congress by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM).
Even further, the joint interim Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee gave its stamp of approval to a 14-day waiting period for firearm purchases. It also would prohibit possession of weapons within 100 feet of a polling place or ballot dropbox.
New Mexico is one of several states suffering a crime epidemic in its major cities, and unfortunately it is yet another that chose to skirt the true issue. What Albuquerque and other areas face is not a public health emergency — it is an outbreak of violent crime.
Targeting those who obey the law is going after low-hanging fruit. It is not directly addressing the issue of keeping criminals off the street and unable to prey on the innocent.
Rather, it is merely window dressing designed to make certain constituency groups feel good about doing “something.” Meanwhile, violent crime continues unabated.
