{"id":2027265,"date":"2023-09-10T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-governor-sued-for-suspending-right-to-carry-firearms-in-public\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:27:37","slug":"new-mexico-governor-sued-for-suspending-right-to-carry-firearms-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-governor-sued-for-suspending-right-to-carry-firearms-in-public\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico governor faces lawsuit over public firearm carry suspension."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-mexico-governor-sued-for-suspending-right-to-carry-firearms-in-public%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Gun-Rights\u200b Group Challenges New Mexico Governor&#8217;s Order on Firearms<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-second-amendment-group-without-explanation\/\" title=\"Facebook Bans Second Amendment Group Without Explanation\">gun-rights group<\/a> has\u2064 taken\u200c legal action against\u2064 Gov. \u200bMichelle Lujan\u2062 Grisham \u200b(D-NM) after she implemented a \u200dtemporary suspension of the right to \u200ccarry firearms in public areas in and around Albuquerque. The governor also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-gun-control-dropped-after-parkland-shooting-and-continues-to-decline-study-finds\/\" title=\"BREAKING: The Recent Mass Shootings Have Caused People To Become Pro-2nd-Amendment, Poll Finds\">declared gun violence<\/a> a public health emergency. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The State must justify the Carry\u200d Prohibition by\u200c demonstrating that it is consistent \u2064with the Nation\u2019s historical tradition \u2064of firearm regulation,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Association for Gun \u200cRights,\u2064 along with Foster \u200cHaines, a resident\u2063 of Albuquerque, filed a lawsuit against\u200d the state, arguing that \u2063the\u2062 order infringes upon the Second Amendment rights \u200bof\u200c New \u2064Mexico residents. \u200cThey referenced a Supreme Court ruling from \u200blast year, New York State Rifle &#038; Pistol\u2064 Association \u200dv. \u2062Bruen, which stated \u2064that firearm restrictions must align with \u200cthe \u200chistorical tradition of \u2062firearm\u200b regulation in the nation.<\/p>\n<h3>Backlash \u200band Constitutional Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>The governor, \u2062a Democrat, \u2064has \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-facebooks-zuckerberg-needs-to-surrender-communications-with-fauci-over-covid-19\/\" title=\"House GOP: Facebook\u2019s Zuckerberg Needs to Surrender Communications With Fauci Over COVID-19\">faced significant criticism<\/a> from both sides of \u200cthe political spectrum for the\u2062 30-day suspension. Democratic California state Rep. Ted \u2062Lieu questioned\u200b the constitutionality of the order, emphasizing that\u200c no state can \u200csuspend the federal Constitution, even during a public health emergency. Republican presidential candidates Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) \u2063and\u2063 entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy\u2063 also highlighted the violation of Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>Bernalillo County\u2063 District Attorney Sam Bregman, \u2064a former Democratic Party leader,\u200c expressed his refusal \u200dto enforce the order, stating that\u200d it is clearly unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<h3>Tragic Incident\u200c Sparks Emergency Order<\/h3>\n<p>The emergency order was issued following the tragic death of 11-year-old Froyland Villegas, who was shot and killed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-governor-sued-for-suspending-right-to-carry-firearms-in-public\/\" title=\"New Mexico governor faces lawsuit over public firearm carry suspension.\">suspected road rage-related incident<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from\u200d The Washington\u2062 Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gun-rights group sued Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) for suspending public carry of firearms in Albuquerque due to gun violence. 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