{"id":2029938,"date":"2023-09-12T21:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ag-rebuffs-nm-governor-refuses-to-defend-gun-carry-ban-in-court\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:37:44","slug":"democrat-ag-rebuffs-nm-governor-refuses-to-defend-gun-carry-ban-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ag-rebuffs-nm-governor-refuses-to-defend-gun-carry-ban-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat AG denies NM Governor, won&#8217;t support gun carry ban in court."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-ag-rebuffs-nm-governor-refuses-to-defend-gun-carry-ban-in-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New\u2063 Mexico Attorney General Refuses to Defend Controversial Gun Order<\/h2>\n<p>New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez \u200dhas made a bold move by refusing to defend Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham&#8217;s controversial gun \u2064order in court. The emergency \u200dorder,\u200c which\u200b temporarily bans carrying firearms in public spaces across Bernalillo County, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-travis-scott-facing-multiple-lawsuits-over-astroworld-festival-carnage\/\" title=\"Rapper Travis Scott Facing Multiple Lawsuits Over Astroworld Festival Carnage\">facing multiple lawsuits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Torrez\u2062 expressed his belief that the\u2064 order violates both \u200bstate and federal constitutions in \u200ca letter to the governor. He stated that his duty to \u2064uphold and defend\u2062 the constitutional rights of every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-ag-raul-torrez-refuses-to-defend-gov-lujan-grisham-in-gun-carry-suspension-lawsuits\/\" title=\"NM AG Torrez declines to support Gov. Grisham in gun carry suspension lawsuits.\">citizen takes precedence<\/a> over his statutory obligation to defend state\u2064 officials. Therefore, he made it clear\u2062 that his office \u2063would not support the governor\u200b in the legal challenges she faces.<\/p>\n<p>Lujan Grisham signed the executive order after a series\u200d of tragic shootings that claimed\u2064 the lives of innocent children. \u200dHowever,\u2063 Torrez \u200dargues that the order will not have a significant impact\u200d on public safety \u200dand \u200bquestions\u200c its constitutionality.<\/p>\n<h3>A Call \u2063for Deliberation and \u2064Collaboration<\/h3>\n<p>Torrez urged the governor to \u200dengage in a more thoughtful and deliberative process with members of \u200bthe New Mexico Legislature instead of taking unilateral action that infringes\u2064 on the constitutional rights of\u2062 law-abiding citizens. He emphasized the need for a comprehensive approach to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ag-rebuffs-nm-governor-refuses-to-defend-gun-carry-ban-in-court\/\" title=\"Democrat AG denies NM Governor, won't support gun carry ban in court.\">underlying dynamics driving gun violence<\/a> in\u200c the community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: New Mexico Attorney General tells the Governor that he won&#8217;t defend her carry ban, saying &#8220;I \u2064do not believe it passes constitutional muster.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ORat27wAvn\">pic.twitter.com\/ORat27wAvn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunpolicy\/status\/1701671575165050927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Torrez&#8217;s decision aligns \u200chim with other officials who refuse to\u200b enforce or\u200c defend the order. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller\u2062 and \u200cBernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, both Democrats, have\u2064 also \u2062expressed their opposition, citing \u2064concerns\u2064 about the order&#8217;s \u2064constitutionality.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO \u2063GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response \u200bto Sheriff Allen, Lujan Grisham emphasized that\u200d her administration has \u2064provided the necessary\u200c tools to\u2062 enforce \u200bthe order and urged him to\u200b use\u2063 them. She\u200d remains steadfast in her commitment\u200d to prioritize the safety\u200b of the people of New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s gun order has\u200b faced criticism from national progressives as well. California Rep. Ted Lieu\u200c and gun control activist David Hogg have both argued that the order violates\u200b the U.S.\u200b Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico AG Raul Torrez refuses to support Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham&#8217;s disputed gun order in court. Torrez stated in a letter that the emergency measure, currently facing numerous lawsuits, breaches state and federal laws. The order restricts public carrying of firearms in Bernalillo County, but Torrez declines to defend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2029939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}