Last night, New Mexico’s Senate Democrats rammed through an omnibus gun control monstrosity by a 21-something vote, stacking the deck with measures that read like a wish list from the Brady Campaign on steroids: assault weapon bans, high-capacity magazine restrictions, red flag laws, and mandatory safe storage mandates that could turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals for leaving a rifle in the truck bed during hunting season. This isn’t just another incremental nudge toward confiscation—it’s a full-spectrum assault on the Second Amendment, disguised as common-sense safety. With Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a staunch anti-gun advocate who’s already tested executive overreach with her public health emergency gun bans (later smacked down by courts), waiting to sign it into law, this bill positions New Mexico as the latest battleground in the blue-state blitzkrieg against our rights.
Digging deeper, this package isn’t born in a vacuum. New Mexico’s Senate has been gerrymandered into a Democratic supermajority, flipping rural conservative strongholds through ballot harvesting and urban turnout machines fueled by federal handouts. The timing screams politics: post-2024 election jitters have progressives accelerating their agenda before potential Republican gains in the House or a Trump return flips the federal script. Implications for the 2A community? Dire. If this hits the governor’s desk unsigned (fat chance), expect a flood of lawsuits from groups like the NRA, GOA, and FPC, citing Bruen’s text, history, and tradition test—these vague bans on assault weapons (whatever that means in 1791) won’t survive SCOTUS scrutiny, much like Illinois’ recent flops. But short-term pain is real: NM gun owners face compliance chaos, black market temptations, and eroded trust in a state already hemorrhaging freedom-loving residents to Texas and Arizona.
The silver lining? This overreach galvanizes the resistance. 2A warriors, it’s time to flood the House with calls, pack permit hearings, and vote like your arsenal depends on it—because it does. New Mexico’s fight is America’s canary in the coal mine; if we let Santa Fe’s socialists rewrite the playbook, no state is safe. Stand firm, stay armed, and keep the pressure on. The Second Amendment isn’t negotiating.
