In the News

 NM Political Report:

"On Thursday, Lujan Grisham issued an executive order declaring a public health emergency with regards to gun violence on Thursday. This was replaced by a more in-depth public health order released at Friday’s press conference.

The public health order restricts firearms in either open or concealed carry on public property for 30 days as a cooling off period, she said.

The change was made to open up more resources to help New Mexico get the gun violence issue under control, Lujan Grisham said.

“We need to use the power of a public health (order) in a state of emergency  to access different levels, different resources, and different opportunities to keep New Mexicans safe,” Lujan Grisham said. “So that’s what’s changed today and we’re gonna keep doing this work very closely until we see dramatic additional productive changes in the state.” 

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The responses from Republicans in and around the State were as predictable as they were cynical, mostly along the line that we need to lock up more people.

And then this from Colorado:

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KOB 4 News:

Dudley Brown, founder and president of the Colorado-based gun-rights group, called the governor’s action unconstitutional.

“She needs to be held accountable for stripping the God-given rights of millions away with the stroke of a pen,” he said in a statement announcing the lawsuit and request for a restraining order."

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Lujan Grisham's order came right after the road rage murder near the UNM Sports Complex of an eleven-year-old and the serious injury of his aunt who was driving the car.  In August a five-year-old was killed lying in her bed during a drive-by shooting.  Hardly a day goes by in Albuquerque without the report of a shooting.  

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KOAT Action 7 News:

According to Albuquerque police, there have been 73 homicide cases opened, with a total of 77 victims in the city so far this year.

Update:

KOAT 4 News: 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than a hundred people openly carried their guns in Old Town as they protested Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recent controversial move on firearms. 

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And for a preview of where all this is going see the Aljazeera interview of Arundhati Roy on the G20 get-together in Delhi.