Update: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks New Mexico Ban on Open and Concealed Carry Laws (Video)

On 13 September 2023, a federal judge temporarily blocked a ban on New Mexico citizens carrying guns.

U.S. District Court Judge David Urias said New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s 30-day suspension of concealed and open firearm carry rights in Albuquerque and its surrounding county went against a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that people had a right to carry a gun outside their homes for self defense.

“They just want the right to carry their guns,” Judge Urias, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, said of plaintiffs requesting a temporary restraining order on parts of Lujan Grisham’s September 8th emergency public health order.

In response to the judicial ruling, Dudley Brown, president of a Colorado gun group which sued the governor, said, “Governor Grisham’s tyranny is temporarily in check today”.

Additionally, the New Mexico AG refuses to defend the Democrat Gun Ban, which means Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will stand alone in the court room.

https://youtu.be/_NA_lPSWkTY

Around 500 people die by guns each year in New Mexico, which ranks sixth among U.S. states for gun deaths per capita, according to gun violence prevention group Everytown for Gun Safety. Albuquerque is among the 10 most dangerous U.S. cities, based on FBI violent crime data.

Original breaking story of the 8 September 2023 gun ban — Alert! Open and Concealed Carry Laws Suspended in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for 30 Days (Video)