A.G. Gancarski
New Mexico is called the Land of Enchantment. Yet Florida’s Governor is notably disenchanted with the Southwestern state after its Democratic Governor took a stand against guns.
“Just a few months after ending the COVID ‘public health emergency,’ the Governor of New Mexico has declared a new ‘public health emergency’: Guns. She is now asserting the power to infringe on Second Amendment rights by executive fiat. This assertion is not surprising — since 2020, ‘public health’ has become a pretext for depriving citizens of civil liberties and trampling on our Constitutional rights,” Ron DeSantis tweeted Saturday.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday a new public health order targeting guns and drugs in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County in the wake of two mass shootings and three juveniles being shot to death in recent weeks, citing threats to people’s “very right to exist.”
“The time for standard measures has passed,” said Grisham. “And when New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game – when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn – something is very wrong.”
The Governor’s press release says her “action plan includes a suspension of open and concealed carry laws in Bernalillo County, temporarily prohibiting the carrying of guns on public property with certain exceptions. Exceptions include for licensed security guards and law enforcement officers. Citizens with permits to carry firearms are free to possess their weapons on private property (such as at a gun range or gun store), provided they transport the firearm in a locked box, use a trigger lock, or some other mechanism that renders the gun incapable of being fired.”
DeSantis has been criticized for Florida’s relaxed attitude toward gun ownership, particularly in light of permitless carry being legalized this year, even during his rare in-state press conferences.
This week in Jacksonville, someone who wasn’t a member of the media charged DeSantis with allowing “weapons to be put in the street,” brandished by “immature and hateful people.”
“You have allowed people to hunt people like me in broad daylight,” the questioner said before he was escorted out of the public event.
The Governor also took criticism for invoking the Second Amendment after Hurricane Idalia in a warning to potential post-storm criminals.
“I’ve seen signs in different people’s yards in the past after these disasters, and I would say it’s probably here, ‘You loot, we shoot.’ You never know what’s behind that door,” DeSantis said. “If you go break into somebody’s house and you’re trying to loot, these are people that are going to be able to defend themselves and their families, so I would not do it.”
23 comments
My Take
September 9, 2023 at 12:15 pm
“public health’ has become a pretext for depriving citizens of civil liberties and trampling on our Constitutional rights,” Ron DeSantis tweeted Saturday.
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Edging on insane if he believes it.
A vermin if he’s just using it.
Silly Wabbit
September 10, 2023 at 12:11 pm
He vermin!
Silly Wabbit
September 10, 2023 at 12:22 pm
Not vewmin?
Silly Wabbit
September 10, 2023 at 12:25 pm
Hey you.
Tjb
September 9, 2023 at 1:26 pm
DeSantis should not have access to a gun. He speaks about slitting the throats of federal workers, encouraging folks to kill looters, and immigrants at the border….should a psychopath, such as DeSantis, be allowed to have access to guns? If I made these comments, I am sure that I would be denied the privilege of carrying a gun.
Silly Wabbit
September 10, 2023 at 12:26 pm
He kwazy.
Richard Russell
September 9, 2023 at 2:13 pm
The Patriots who risked life and limb for the journey to the New World came for potential freedom from tyrants in their home country. The signers of the Constitution delivered on that promise and today, Americans are entitled to defend themselves and should be able to do so without the fear of retribution by the family and heirs of those who break down their doors to steal and/or injure them or their loved ones. Civil suits should be banned for anyone’s claim for profit when their family/friend dies or is injured in the commission of a crime. Every American should be confident they will not be prosecuted for legally defending themselves, family or possessions from criminals either criminally or civilly!
Silly Wabbit
September 10, 2023 at 12:14 pm
You kwazy.
Terry Ward
September 10, 2023 at 5:41 pm
Someone asked me if people would soften their views on this if their own children had been murdered by gun violence.
I told them no, they wouldn’t care.
Kathryn Schoen
September 9, 2023 at 2:23 pm
C’mon DeSantis, it’s not hidden somewhere in fine print. In fact, you can’t help but see it –
MORE GUNS = MORE DEATHS
Guns are the leading cause of death of children aged one (1) through nineteen (19).
Isn’t it quite ironic that DeSantis is so pro-life, yet promotes gun violence by advocating the least restrictive policies for gun laws?
Ocean Joe
September 9, 2023 at 3:51 pm
Kathryn, he’s “not going to take that from you” because he’s never wrong, he never backs down, and no matter how many folks get mowed down “he had nothing to do with it.”
Kathryn Schoen
September 9, 2023 at 9:03 pm
Ain’t that the truth? Oh, but I forgot – “there’s only one truth”, his truth.
As Adoph Hitler proclaimed, “It is not truth that matters, but victory.”
Rich7553
September 9, 2023 at 5:21 pm
Ages 18 and 19 are not children. They are legal adults.
Kathryn Schoen
September 9, 2023 at 9:08 pm
Guns are the leading cause of death for those in our country under the age of twenty-five (25).
TJC
September 10, 2023 at 12:17 pm
If you lost an 18 or19 year old son or daughter to gun violence, you would say you lost your child to gun violence.
PeterH
September 9, 2023 at 2:45 pm
More DeSantis stupidity! Can he disenfranchise anyone else?!?!?
M. Mouse
September 10, 2023 at 12:21 pm
He sure can! He’s Number Two!
Squeak!
Rick Whitaker
September 9, 2023 at 8:18 pm
why can’t that little punk’s punk keep his mouth off states that are trying to help their people stay safe. i hope trump understands what’s in store for him in prison. he’ll find out what the term punk’s punk means.
Liberals are commies
September 10, 2023 at 6:27 pm
Because thats unconstitutional you white liberal leftist piece of shit !! Desantis is 100 percent correct and if you dont like it move your white lily liberal ass to new mexico!!
Scott S
September 11, 2023 at 1:33 pm
DeSantis is quite correct. Thankfully, the majority of Florida agrees with him on this issue. I will never regret leaving California and moving to a free state. Taking an early retirement from my department (yes, former LE) and coming to an income tax free, 2nd Amendment state was the best decision ever. Would I feel the same way if I or a family member were the victim of ‘gun violence’ (no such thing actually, since an inanimate object does nothing of itself)? Without hesitation, yes. But I carry 24/7 – always a loaded defensive tool on my person or within arms reach…so being a victim is not in the cards.
Ocean Joe
September 12, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Well then you wont be going to a Desantis rally or gathering, because unlike the rest of us, your 2d Amendment rights evaporate if he is present. No guns allowed.
JD
September 12, 2023 at 2:10 pm
That’s where I find the hypocrisy as well. Oh, and the $60M+ to install bullet proof glass in the capitol buildings.
If you are afraid of your constiutents may use the tools you allowed them against you, you’re not a leader nor a public servant.
It's Complicated
September 15, 2023 at 4:09 pm
The NM Governor does NOT have authority to suspend state or federal constitutional rights. It’s that simple.
The NM Constitution is even more pro-gun rights than the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Democratic Attorney General of NM says the Governor’s Executive Order is unconstitutional and should not be enforced by law enforcement agencies. The Democratic Sheriffs say they will not enforce it because it is unconstitutional. The Governor’s response is to say, “That is their opinion, which we will test.” Is she entitled to ask the NM Legislature to enact laws to address gun violence? Certainly. But she is not entitled to ignore existing state law or the state and federal constitutions and prosecute law-abiding people for an unconstitutional Executive Order. If any law enforcement agency tries to enforce it, it will be the root cause of legit civil rights violation lawsuits – and they know it.
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