NM Gov castigates Legislature in aftermath of Las Cruces shooting, says special session coming

SourceNM ^ | March 22, 2025 11:04 am | Julia Goldberg

[CedarDave]

Following Friday night’s reported mass shooting in Las Cruces, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lambasted lawmakers for what she described as a failure to take action on juvenile crime during the 60-day session ending at noon on Saturday. Police are continuing to investigate Friday night’s shooting at approximately 10 p.m. at Young Park in Las Cruces that killed three and injured 14 others. The deceased are two 19-year-old men and one 16-year-old boy. The injured range in age from 16 years to 36 years. Police have not as of publication, released the names of any of the victims, not made any arrests, but are asking that any video be uploaded to a secure site.

The FBI, ATF, New Mexico State Police and the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office also are working on the case.

“The indiscriminate nature of this shooting is both shocking and unacceptable, but sadly not surprising,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement. “This violence tears at the fabric of our communities and leaves wounds that may never heal.”

The governor said she is mobilizing state resources to support local law enforcement.

“The disturbing rise in violent crime in Las Cruces—which has increased by 46 percent compared to last year—demands immediate and sustained attention. This is not merely a statistic; these are our neighbors, our children, our future,” she said. “The devastating loss of Officer Jonah Hernandez in Las Cruces last year, and now this mass shooting, underscore the Legislature’s years-long failure to address the crime crisis shattering lives and communities in our state. New Mexicans are heartbroken, and they should also be outraged that their legislature will adjourn today without having a passed a single bill to address juvenile crime or ban assault weapons. Their inaction is appalling and unacceptable.”

As such, she noted, “the legislature should expect a special session to address our ongoing public safety crisis.”

Republican State Sen. Crystal Brantley of Elephant Butte also issued a statement that said Friday night she “sat on the floor of the Senate while texts and calls from all over the district—including from the Las Cruces Police Chief—poured in about what was happening. There is no feeling like the helplessness you experience, even from the center of the Capitol building, when a tragedy like this strikes. When we cannot feel safe in our parks—where our kids, my kids, play—there is a deep moral failing by our government to protect its citizens. We must return to a place of safety and stop with the half-measures. Today is another reminder that despite all of our ‘progress’ on crime legislation, New Mexico criminals do not fear the strong arm of the law.”

[CedarDave]

The NM legislature adjourned less than three hours ago (Noon, March 22) for the year. However, any special session called by the governor must concentrate on juvenile crime and not more gun bans that do nothing but penalize law-abiding citizens.

[CedarDave]

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[coloradan]

My guess is more gun control will be incoming. It’s the ‘Rat way.

[cgbg]

Democrats just make everything worse.

They can’t help themselves.

[Mark17]

👎

[SpaceBar]

Instead of addressing the gang-banger culture she’ll go after regular law-abiding people. Just watch.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Maybe the Special Session can rename the state to Little Mexico. As they are becoming a mirror of actual Mexico, it would be appropriate.

[RedElement]

So, is homicide committed by juveniles not already illegal in NM? If it is illegal, then the problem is enforcement and legality. In typical rat fashion, the plan is to add impediments to the law abiding that will have no impact whatsoever on the criminal elements.

[CedarDave]

My guess is more gun control will be incoming. It’s the ‘Rat way.

See my comments on revisions to NM's Red Flag Law at this link:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4306079/posts?page=37#37

[SpaceBar]

Imagine a legislature controlled by mean short-haired lesbians and their cuckolded male associates and underlings. That’s Santa Fe in a nutshell, and MLG’s butch in-your-face attitude exemplifies it.

[CedarDave]

So, is homicide committed by juveniles not already illegal in NM? If it is illegal, then the problem is enforcement and legality. In typical rat fashion, the plan is to add impediments to the law abiding that will have no impact whatsoever on the criminal elements.

See my thread on juvenile crime at the link:

NM House Dems pass ‘Homicide Scholarship,’ kill juvenile crime bill

[shelterguy]

“””My guess is more gun control will be incoming. It’s the ‘Rat way.””

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[LegendHasIt]

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Thanks for all the recent pings.

[Mark]

46%-—That is bad.

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[shanover]

New Mexico is NJ of the Southwest. It took just a few election cycles to destroy the state just like Arizona and Colorado.

[small farm girl]

Pastor Smotherman will have something crushing to say about NM stoopid governor. I love listening to him! Our pastors are awesome, but very pc...we are in MA after all 😉

[alternatives?]

It happened at a monthly street takeover. Why was this allowed?

[GSWarrior]

Are we certain the perpetrators weren’t NMSU basketball players?

[Ronald77]

I wonder if the you know who party had anything to do with the shooting

[_longranger81]

Maybe they were aiming at Teslas and missed. In which case they will pass marksmanship requirements.