How This Supreme Court Ruling Is Already Affecting Gun Reform In A Blue State

New Mexico’s Senate Judiciary Committee gathered recently to figure out how much latitude they had to regulate guns after last year’s bombshell Second Amendment ruling from the Supreme Court.

Most sounded confused. Some seemed unaware that the laws they passed might not hold up in court if a similar regulation hadn’t been on the books in the 18th century. One lawmaker called the ruling “mind-boggling.” Another asked whether their authority was now limited to regulating firearms “where you have to manually load the gunpowder.”

New Mexico’s legislative session last month opened with gun reform high on the agenda. After a string of politically motivated shootings at the homes of Democratic legislators in Albuquerque, Gov. , hinting last week during a speech to groups of school children at the possibility of calling a special session to push it through. The New Mexico legislature typically meets once every other year for two and a half months.

“How many of you have a constitutional right to be safe at school?” Luján Grisham asked the kids. “I think we have that right, too.”