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Public Safety should always come first.
The problem is that “Public Safety” is an arbitrary metric. A Governor can’t strip citizens of Constitutional rights under the guise of some perceived “Public Safety” concern. It’s a complete violation of the Constitution.
Put simply: this is a horrible look for Democrats. Especially for a party that compared Trump to Hitler 24/7. This is what actual tyranny looks like. A single leader unilaterally stripping away rights from their citizens due to a self-declared “emergency”.
Gun homicide rates arent arbitrary
Neither are abortion rates. You’d support a governors ability to end all abortion in a state under a public health emergency?
Classic whatabout-ism:
Instead of having all these laws, we should simply solve the problem of evil.
Abortions are beneficial
To be fair, so are some homicides
Never
The problem with the term "abortion" and banning it is that an "abortion" is an umbrella term for many things.
When a woman has an ectopic pregnancy (embryo is forming in the fallopian tube, baby cannot develop and it will kill the mother) the "fix" is called an abortion. There is no scenario where the embryo can mature (they *need" to be attached to the uterine wall) and it would 100% kill the mother.
Another one is an incomplete miscarriage. It's when the embryo/fetus dies, but doesn't come out. And the fix is usually a D&C, which technically (in medical terms) results in, and is considered, an abortion.
While I personally do not agree with abortions (in the context of avoiding an otherwise healthy pregnancy). I would never shame or coerce someone from getting one. It's not my decision, and it doesn't involve me. I'm not part of the equation.
And despite my disagreement, I think anti-abortion laws are not only wrong, but also harmful.
You somehow missed the fact that this isn’t a law. No elected member of the New Mexico Legislature voted on this. This is one person in the Executive Branch deciding they can write and impose law at their will. And you support this?
And you ignored their comment completely.
You don't understand the Constitution. Those tights come with restrictions. It's part of the text.
Slippery slope, this shows other states they can do the same thing towards other rights that you might not like. Next thing you know it's the wild west with each state doing what they want.
Funny enough, the wild West regularly banned the carrying of handguns within city limits.
It's why there was a shootout at the O.K. Corral.
The entire idea behind state's rights.
No, not like that! It should only be about things that don't affect me! Like enslaving minorities!
That's a logical fallacy. We are already seeing states impose their will illegally against minority groups.
The people cheering this on would be LIVID if a Republican Governor unilaterally suspended all abortions in a state by declaring abortion a “public health” emergency.
These people have no idea what they’re cheering on.
Abortions and guns are basically the same thing in america
This is the same people who want to stack the courts or end the filibuster. They're short sighted idiots.
This is going to court. Let’s see who understands the constitution more.
To be clear- you’re saying this will 100% hold up in court?
You mean the thing that's up for interpretation and said interpretation has changed several times over the last two hundred and fifty years? Are you trying to say that there's only one correct way to read the Constitution?
I think you might be over reaching there, unless all these concealed and open carry folk were members of a “well regulated militia” and nobody noticed… There are plenty of otherwise “infringing” restrictions on bearing arms; you can’t point a gun at a cop just because your right to bear arms is enshrined in the second amendment, you can’t wheel a functioning howitzer with you wherever you go. You can’t own a sawn-off shotgun.
Vehicles require licenses and you are regulated where you can drive. Many, MANY fire codes have been written for home goods, furnishings and house materials to prevent fires from common things like candles. You must wear a helmet on bicycles or motorcycles (and other things similar) in most states.
So, yes?
Vehicles and candles have uses that are not "I want to kill". Guns dont.
I don't agree, there are plenty of accepted risks, and there are many cases where public safety could be prioritized at the expense of individual liberties. COVID is a recent example, extremely stringent lockdowns, freedom of movement suspensions, etc would likely decrease deaths as in Australia.
The rest of US should follow suit