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Restore the criminal justice system

The more one observes the almost maniacal push to dump more restrictions on gun owners and manufacturers, while continuing to deliberately weaken an already laughable justice system, just reinforces the amazing lack of truth from the media.

Over the last 30 years, our justice system has become a sick joke, by design. Night after night on the so-called news reports, judges actually contemplate whether to turn loose a repeat violent criminal before court! Albuquerque alone has this going on almost every day. It also has the dubious distinction of being in the top two to four in the nation for violent crime. Surprise! They don’t show up.

Are those who continue to castigate law-abiding gun owners so blind they’re incapable of seeing reality? Where is the outcry to restore our criminal law to the time it actually protected the citizen’s rights instead of violent criminals?

During COVID-19 in certain politically leaning states, violent criminals were turned loose so they wouldn’t get COVID-19. Meanwhile, citizens who had to do back flips, detail their ancestry back to Columbus to “qualify” for a firearm, were locked down in their homes with barely any means of protection.

Newsflash: It isn’t law-abiding gun owners who are the problem. It is a deliberately weakened justice system. Even the dumbest criminals know how to work it.

Denise Murray

Durango