Source: SFGate
“Efforts by New Mexico lawmakers to contain violent crime took center stage Saturday at the conclusion of an annual legislative session — just hours after three people were killed and 15 injured in an outburst of gunfire at a public park in Las Cruces. The events transformed an ordinarily celebratory day for legislators at the close of a 60-day session into a somber affair. ‘This tragedy reminds us that it’s going to take all of us to continue to come together to address these senseless acts of violence,’ said Democratic House Speaker Javier Martinez of Albuquerque. Republicans legislators in the legislative minority said the state is in crisis and urged Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to exercise her authority to bring the legislators back to the Capitol to seek solutions to violent crime. Lujan Grisham said she was considering it, amid feelings of anger and disappointment.” (03/22/25)