Spats McGee
Administrator
Oh, I know that impeachment proceedings are surely a hot topic in NM gov't right now. While the two may not be wildly different, they're not exactly the same, either.
... like whether it's really the legislature's job to decide whether a law is constitutional, or the fact that our courts don't issue advisory opinions.
Let me ask this . Once a SCOTUS ruling is handed down, is “a” legislature/s required to follow that decision?
If not shouldn’t the AG or governors office official counsel do a review based on the SCOTUS decision before signing ?
How many times in the last 10 or 20 years have we heard a politician/lawmaker say yes this new law is likely unconstitutional but it will take years for it to work its way through the courts . How is that even close to being reasonable?
ALCON:
> " New Mexico governor amends controversial temporary
> gun ban, now targets parks, playgrounds . .
Can in fact governor do even that, w/o some due process via either legislative or regulatory action?
I'm going to guess many of the gun haters just really don't like the people who own guns. We are seeing too many guns laws directed at us, not those committing crimes.I suspect these folk just plain old don't like guns. They don't want there to BE guns anywhere, at all.
They are proud of their gun ignorance and intolerant of anyone speaking intelligently about guns and their capabilities.
I think Colonel Jeff Cooper hit on something when he coined the word 'hoplophobe'.
hoplophobe-Someone who has an irrational fear of guns. Etymology. Firearms authority and writer Colonel Jeff Cooper claims to have coined the word in 1962: hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phobia (“fear”).
As I understand it, some parts of the order actually dealt with public health matters, and not gun control. IF so, it is quite likely the judge did not put a restraint on enacting those parts.
From what we're hearing in town, the judge only TRO'd parts of the order. The rest are still in effect. Including her new unconstitutional amendments.
Most of the folks I know would be quite happy to have our gun rights left alone, and feel that catching, and removing from society those people who shoot people for fun or profit is the better way to go.