Letter To The Editor: Will Gun Control Be Efficient?
By CAMILLE ROMERO
Los Alamos Student
I am Camille Romero, a 15 year old at Los Alamos High School and have taken a hunter safety course as well as been in a situation where my family and I have had to use a gun to defend ourselves from a mountain lion.
This experience helped me realize how important guns can be when someone is in a position where they need to defend themselves from an animal or a person. Without a gun, my family and I would have had to face the consequences of getting attacked by that mountain lion.
Today in New Mexico gun control is an issue that is being discussed in the legislature as well as Read More
State Supreme Court Upholds 2016 Murder Convictions
NMSC News:
SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and prison sentence of an Albuquerque man for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the murder.
The defendant, William York, was sentenced to life in prison – a mandatory 30 years before becoming eligible for parole – and an additional 18 years for the death of 32-year-old Cory Coyner in 2016.
In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court concluded there was sufficient evidence to support York’s convictions and rejected other arguments in his appeal, including that his sentence on the conspiracy charge violated Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Feb. 21 To Feb. 25, 2020
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
JOHN P. KELLEY
Feb. 21 at 3:40 p.m. / Police arrested John P. Kelley, 50, of Los Alamos at 2360 A 37th St. and charged him with Sexual Exploitation of a Child: Possession of Child Pornography.
MARTIN PALACIOS-ARREOLA AKA JORGE RODRIGUEZ
Feb. 25 at 10:55 p.m. / Police arrested Marti Palacios-Arreola AKA Jorge Rodriguez, 44, of Española at 2500 Trinity Dr., Read More
State GOP Response To Governor Signing ‘Red-Flag’ Bill
From the Republican Party of New Mexico:
ALBUQUERQUE — Today, the rights of law-abiding New Mexicans were snatched away from them.
By penning her name to the Red Flag bill, Gov. Lujan Grisham fired a shot against our Constitutional rights.
It looks like special interests outweigh the citizens of New Mexico again. This is a gun grab that violates our 2nd Amendment rights, due process and search and seizure practices and opens the door to all kind of legal problems.
“This bill was rammed through the legislature with a total disregard of New Mexicans’ rights. There were many Constitutional and legal Read More
Governor Signs Controversial ‘Red-Flag’ Bill Into Law
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act today at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFNM
By JENS GOULD
New Mexican
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed high-profile firearms legislation today, hailing the new law as a measure that can prevent gun violence and issuing a warning to any sheriffs who might refuse to enforce it.
Under the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act, law enforcement can seek a court order to temporarily take firearms and ammunition away from a person who is found to pose a threat. A court hearing must then be held within 10 days,
