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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham extends and adds to controversial public health order on guns
Friday’s renewed order adds a provision for the state Department of Public Safety to organize gun buy-back events in Albuquerque, Española and Las Cruces over the next month (Photo by Shaun Griswold / Source NM)
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Friday renewed her controversial executive order to combat gun violence.
The original order banned carrying guns in public in and around Albuquerque. Gun advocates filed a slew of lawsuits and a federal judge temporarily blocked the order’s implementation within days.
The Governor then narrowed the order to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children are likely to be. The amended order has been challenged as well, and a hearing is expected next week. In the meantime, the order remains under a temporary restraining order.
Friday’s renewed order adds a provision for the state Department of Public Safety to organize gun buy-back events in Albuquerque, Española and Las Cruces over the next month.
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