Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is standing by her efforts to impose an emergency 30-day order restricting the carry of firearms in public, even after a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the order.
Last week, Ms. Lujan Grisham attempted to implement this 30-day firearms restriction through a public health emergency declaration, prompting a series of lawsuits challenging its legality. On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge David Urias—an appointee of President Joe Biden— issued a temporary restraining order (pdf) blocking portions of the New Mexico governor’s emergency order, which prohibited people from being able to carry their firearms in public in Albuquerque and the surrounding Bernalillo County for self-defense.
