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Will New Mexico's Gun Ban Stop Crime? Here's What Thomas Sowell Would Say

By Michael Schwarz September 14, 2023 at 3:15pm

Gun control does not achieve its advocates’ stated purpose of reducing violent crime. Even if it did, we could not submit to it. But it does not.

Thomas Sowell has often reminded us of gun-grabbers’ zealotry in the face of contrary evidence. A recent act of gubernatorial tyranny provides an occasion for revisiting his words on this subject.

On Friday, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico issued a 30-day executive order suspending the open and concealed carry of firearms in Bernalillo County, including the city of Albuquerque.

CORRECTION, Sept. 15, 2023: Santa Fe is the state capital of New Mexico. An earlier version of this article named a different city.

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.