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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 governor's attempt to rule by decree provoked widespread condemnation instead of the applause she was expecting.

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…

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

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

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

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…

Legal scholars and advocates say New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque will spur a legal fight but might also move the debate about gun violence