Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is continuing to defend her decision to unilaterally ban people from carrying their firearms in public, whether openly or concealed, in Albuquerque and the surrounding Bernalillo County for 30 days.
In her first interview since issuing the order, Ms. Lujan Grisham told CNN’s “This Morning” show that she decided to issue the executive order to temporarily suspend the ability to carry firearms in public in Bernalillo County as a means of addressing recent gun deaths in her state, including children. The governor said, “We lost 143 children between 2017 and 2021; it is unacceptable, and it calls for immediate and swift and bold action.”
