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New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is defending her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic by presenting statistics on recent firearms seizures, reduced reports of gunfire in the Albuquerque metro area and an uptick in jail bookings

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to the New Mexico sky

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is ready to bring colorful displays to the New Mexico sky

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023

Arrests made in boy's shooting death that sparked New Mexico governor's aggressive guns ban

Police in Albuquerque say two people have been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting outside a baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted New Mexico's governor to issue a controversial gun ban

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

U.S. district considers requests against New Mexico governor order suspending right to carry

A U.S. district judge is considering multiple requests to put on ice an order by New Mexico's Democratic governor that suspends the right to carry firearms in the state's largest metropolitan area

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

N.M. Attorney General Refuses to Defend N.M. Governor's Temporary Ban on Gun Carry in Albuquerque Area

The Truth About Guns (Dan Zimmerman) has what appears to be an accurate copy of the letter from the A.G. (who is of the same party as the Governor, though is separately elected). An excerpt: The whole letter is worth reading; some of it also discusses the question whether the…

Reason · Sep 13, 2023

Gun-rights advocates protest New Mexico governor's order suspending right to bear arms in public

New Mexico’s governor has ignited a firestorm after she suspended the right to carry guns around Albuquerque

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Sheriff in New Mexico's most populous county rejects governor's gun ban, calling it unconstitutional

The sheriff in New Mexico’s largest metro area has vowed not to enforce an emergency order by the governor to temporarily suspend the right to carry firearms in public in and around the city of Albuquerque

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Armed protest in New Mexico over governor’s emergency order suspending right to carry firearms in public

The ban will last for 30 days and will apply to Albuquerque and the surrounding Bernalillo County

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

New Mexico's Governor Suspends the Right To Bear Arms, Saying the Second Amendment Is Not 'Absolute'

Local police officials are leery of enforcing Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on public carry, which gun rights groups have challenged in federal court.

Reason · Sep 10, 2023

Challenge to N.M. Governor's Ban on Public Gun Carry in Albuquerque and Surrounding County

From the motion for a temporary restraining order in Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights v. Grisham, filed yesterday in New Mexico federal court (paragraph numbering removed). Governor Grisham issued Executive Order 2023-130 (the "Executive Order") on September 7, 2023…. In the Executive Order Governor Grisham declared that a state of…

Reason · Sep 10, 2023