NM Judge uses a RACIST argument to uphold 7-day waiting period
In a new ruling, a New Mexico judge has upheld the state’s new anti-gun law forcing citizens to wait seven days before purchasing a firearm. The decision, handed down by the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico’s James O. Browning, denied a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction filed by plaintiffs Samuel Ortega and Rebecca Scott. The plaintiffs argued that the Act violated their Second Amendment rights by unduly burdening their ability to purchase and possess firearms.
The court’s decision heavily relied on colonial-era historical precedents to justify the modern regulation.Judge James Browning cited early American laws that restricted firearm ownership for specific groups, such as Native Americans and Black slaves, to argue that the United States has a long history of regulating who can possess firearms.These historical laws, the judge noted, were designed to prevent individuals deemed dangerous from acquiring weapons, a principle that underpins the current Waiting Period Act.
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comments: "WOW, wasn’t expecting that to be the justification….talk about actually basing something on being racist, if a conservative said something like that it would be across the airwaves and internet nationwide."
"The statistics judicially cited aren’t relevant to the ruling. Grisham stated the wait was needed so people would not obtain a firearm and immediately commit suicide or a crime with it, a cooling off period. The statistics used are overall and not specific to Grisham’s words. This is just another judge ruling based on politics, not facts or even common sense and he threw in racial discrimination as an additional basis for the ruling."