New Mexico governor temporarily suspends open, concealed carry across Albuquerque: 'Violence at every turn'
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an emergency order Sept. 8 suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and Bernalillo County for 30 days.
"When New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game — when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn — something is very wrong," Lujan Grisham said in a statement.
The suspension was classified as an emergency public health order, and applies to open and concealed carry in most public places, excluding police and licensed security guards. The restriction is connected to a threshold for violent crime rates met only by the Albuquerque area.
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