“I am extremely frustrated. I’m angry. I’m disappointed,” said Debbie Kuidis, a retired Albuquerque Police Department deputy chief who has been lobbying for House Bill 77. “What are they doing?””
Calm down, lady.
They are probably finally coming to grips with the folly of this knee jerk distraction.
The SJC Chairman is from Espanola in northern NM where they like their guns and way of life. In some ways its like the old wild west but with Spanish the predominant language. The area can be violent, law enforcement scarce, drugs and domestic disputes common and Anglos that don't speak Spanish not welcome. Rio Arriba County is the site of the famous Tierra Amarilla Courthouse Raid. Up there many believe guns are the only thing protecting them from the government.
Kuidis has been non-stop on radio supporting this, she had family murdered and the murderer used a firearm. I understand her being emotional on the issue, but wish she would realize if someone wants to murder another person they don’t need a firearm. I also wish she would understand if her sister (I think it was her sister) had been armed and could have defended herself she would be alive today.