(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has temporarily banned the right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque in response to recent
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Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has temporarily banned the right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque in response to recent gun violence.
Lujan Grisham issued on Friday a 30-day suspension of open and concealed carry laws in Bernalillo County, where Albuquerque, the state s most populous city, is seated. There are exceptions for law enforcement officers and licensed security guards.
The move comes a day after she declared gun violence a public health emergency in the state.
"[The] time for standard measures has passed," Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "And when New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn something is very wrong."
The Democratic governor cited the recent shooting deaths of three children in her decision to declare gun violence a public he
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Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has temporarily banned the right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque in response to recent gun violence.
Lujan Grisham issued on Friday a 30-day suspension of open and concealed carry laws in Bernalillo County, where Albuquerque, the state s most populous city, is seated. There are exceptions for law enforcement officers and licensed security guards.
The move comes a day after she declared gun violence a public health emergency in the state.
"[The] time for standard measures has passed," Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "And when New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn something is very wrong."
The Democratic governor cited the recent shooting deaths of three children in her decision to declare gun violence a public he