{"id":31750,"date":"2023-09-15T19:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-governor-amends-public-health-order-banning-guns\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:45:21","slug":"new-mexico-governor-amends-public-health-order-banning-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-governor-amends-public-health-order-banning-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico governor amends public health order banning guns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a press conference Monday in Albuquerque after announcing appointments to agencies that oversee childhood well being, environmental protection, state police and state personnel decisions. Oversight of the state\u2019s wells shifted to Lujan Grisham\u2019s administration on Jan. 1.<\/span>Russell Contreras\/Associated Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday amended her emergency public health order to state that there was no longer a full restriction on carried firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, but that firearms would not be allowed in public parks and on playgrounds, where children might be present.<\/p>\n

The original health order banning conceal carry laws in those communities was implemented after three children in Albuquerque were killed by gun violence: a 13-year-old girl was killed July 28, a 5-year-old girl on Aug. 14 and a 11-year-old boy on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have time in a crisis to seek a consensus,\u201d Lujan Grisham said, referring to the fact that multiple law enforcement leaders and members of her own party spoke out against the order, including Attorney General Raul Torrez, who sent her a letter saying he would not represent her office in legal challenges to the order.<\/p>\n

Lujan Grisham said that she might have pushed some buttons, but it was \u201ca button that needed to be pushed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I have to be the only one in the country to stand up for families, for children, so be it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Three children a month died from gun violence in New Mexico, according to Lujan Grisham, who said, \u201cWe should not lose anymore children in this state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lujan Grisham called the press conference days after U.S. District Court Judge David Urias said the governor\u2019s 30-day gun ban went against a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed people to carry guns outside of their homes for self-defense.<\/p>\n

She said it was listening to people in court that made her come forward with an amendment to the original order.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no disagreement in the courtroom that gun violence is an issue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The governor also stated she was searching for gun restrictions that will pass legal muster in New Mexico and that is something, which will most likely have to be decided upon in the New Mexico State Legislature, which will convene in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuns on the street means gun violence,\u201d she said, adding \u201cbeing mad at me is not a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lujan Grisham challenged her critics to present \u201ccredible ideas moving forward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have significant, dangerous criminals hiding in plain sight,\u201d she said, adding something needed to be done and she did it. \u201cNew Mexico is a state with real leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her leadership, which she said led to an order she believed to be \u201cvalid,\u201d in the emergency this state is facing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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