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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Las Cruces City Council is considering a proposed resolution that would support restrictions on the sale and possession of semi-automatic weapons in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
The nonbinding measure requests that state lawmakers and the governor take action in the wake of a recent flurry of gun threats at schools.<\/p>\n
The council chamber was packed Monday as the debate over the contentious proposal began.<\/p>\n
Some protesters carried their guns openly as allowed under state law, but Mayor Ken Miyagishima said he wouldn’t allow anyone carrying a weapon to speak. Other residents spoke against the proposal, calling it an attack on their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n
Last Wednesday, many Las Cruces students walked out of class to protest for gun reforms and to memorialize the students killed last month in a Florida school shooting.<\/p>\n
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\nEditor: More restrictive gun laws won’t reduce these problems. 1. Deal with the delinquents, reported threats, etc. 2. Why aren’t the parents who allow their underage children to have these guns being charged with complicity to commit a crime. I suspect most of these gun incidents were guns taken from their home, their parent’s guns. You never hear of the parents being arrested or thrown in jail.<\/p>\n
Look at Chicago, NYC, Baltimore, etc…stiff gun laws, high death rates. Go after the criminals, go after the “me generation” kids who don’t know right from wrong!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Las Cruces City Council is considering a proposed resolution that would support restrictions on the sale and possession of semi-automatic weapons in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
The nonbinding measure requests that state lawmakers and the governor take action in the wake of a recent flurry of gun threats at schools.<\/p>\n
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