New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has no fear at all in overstepping her authority in the name of gun control. We know good and well that she has no problem with that because, well, she’s done it. We all remember her unilaterally trying to ban the lawful carry of firearms completely in Albuquerque.
It was so bad that even anti-gun allies took issue with it. It probably wasn’t out of some supposed deference for the Second Amendment and more because it tipped their hands, but they still took issue with it.
And she desperately wanted some gun control passed in this last legislative session.
She didn’t get it.
In fact, it’s enough to make the NSSF feel relieved, though their relief is a bit tempered considering Grisham’s history.
Not unexpected, Gov. Lujan Grisham made it clear that she wasn’t satisfied with the inaction of the legislature and she vowed to plow ahead on her own, invoking her power to call a special legislative session for “related and germane” pet issues. After all, this is the governor who two years ago infamously declared, “If there’s an emergency … I can invoke additional powers. No constitutional right, in my view … is…
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