When New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unconstitutionally banned the carrying of guns in Bernalillo County, citing a “public health emergency,” it reminded us of what we learned about liberal politicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Third, they often exempt themselves and their own behavior from their rules. For example, the governor decreed that innocent citizens could not carry their own weapons, but her security force could have guns when no one else was allowed. “New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last week accomplished a feat that few politicians have ever come close to managing: She issued a gun control order so outrageous that it received an overwhelming, bipartisan rebuke and left gun control activists speechless. … The order is insanely unconstitutional. Ms. Grisham doesn’t seem to care,” Ms. Swearer wrote.
Furthermore, Rasmussen reported that “by a margin of 52% to 34%, voters would rather live in a community where people are allowed to own guns than in one where guns are outlawed.”