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[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

What a silly hill to die on. This is blatantly unconstitutional. That's obvious to everyone, even those of us who might agree in spirit. So it's just a waste. A waste of time and tax payer money. New Mexico is gonna spend time and resources on this that could be better spent elsewhere.

What's more it wastes political capital. Capital that is gonna be needed soon for the Democratic party. So I can't fathom why she's doing this. She just gave conservatives the high ground and a huge rallying call.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

With the current court, it is unconstitutional. Several states banned public carry when the country was founded including Virginia so it's not like that was unheard of at the time.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

A judge has already issued a temporary order to block the ban.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Thank goodness, the murders can continue

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

I know right, this governor should have made murder illegal instead touches forhead

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's quite an equivalence. When carrying firearms is illegal (as it effectively is in my country of Canada), you know whenever you see someone with a gun that you should run and call the police. You know they're up to no good. In many US states, if you see someone with a gun... you kinda just have to deal with it. Maybe they'll shoot you. Maybe they just need to overcompensate for something. You can't really run from it because it can be so common.

A decent amount of gun crime is also spur of the moment acts. They won't go home, get their gun, and come back. The gun violence only happens because the perpetrator happened to have a gun when they were angry. Banning carrying doesn't guarantee people won't be armed in public, but it sure will heavily reduce it.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

For a second there I worried my children could die without firearms!

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Open or concealed carry is insane. You Americans are unhinged.

This is from a gun owner.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Believing a politician can unilaterally suspend a right protected by both the federal and state constitution is unhinged.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I wasn't commenting on that, I was commenting on carrying a gun in public

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Licensed concealed carriers have a lower violent crime rate than the general public. So its unhinged to ban these individuals from carrying thinking it'll stop criminals.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

From what I saw, even the Democrat AG of New Mexico won't support or defend this in court.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, she's also lost the support of many of her party members.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Goddam...we love our guns, though.

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