New Mexico Governor Responds After Federal Court Puts Her 30-Day Gun Carry Ban on Hold

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...