State of New Mexico Archives: on Crime

David Clements: Support 4th amendment: freedom from unreasonable searches

We need to send people to Washington who not only understand the 2nd amendment, but the entire Bill of Rights.

Gun rights advocates need to know that the 2nd amendment is only as good as the fourth amendment. If we are not free from unreasonable and warrantless searches, no one's guns are safe. The 2nd amendment is very clear when it says that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Joe Carraro: Supports the death penalty

Carraro supports the following principles regarding crime and the death penalty.
• Support the death penalty in New Mexico.
• Increase funding for state and local emergency agencies to prevent and to respond to terrorist attacks.
• Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
• Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.

Joe Carraro: No parole for repeat violent offenders; plus more prisons

Carraro supports the following principles regarding crime.
• End parole for repeat violent offenders.
• Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
• Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.