Gov. Susana Martinez says Obama 'politicizes tragedy' by talking gun control

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez speaks on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, during the 2014 Domenici Public Policy Conference at the Las Cruces Convention Center in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP PHOTO/Las Cruces Sun-News, Robin Zielinski) ((AP PHOTO/Las Cruces Sun-News, Robin Zielinski))

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says President Barack Obama's call for stricter gun control only "politicizes tragedy" after the San Bernardino, California, shooting.

The Republican and nation's only Latina governor said Monday in Albuquerque that Obama's call to ban those on the federal "no-fly" list from purchasing firearms would have done nothing to stop the shooting. She says such gun control measures would only take firearms from Americans.

Martinez says some Americans also appear in the federal "no-fly" list by mistake.

Martinez, a rising star in the GOP and a gun owner, says Obama's address to the nation on Sunday night gave "no solutions, nothing new whatsoever" to fighting terrorism.

The president's speech followed Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and wounded 21.

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