New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Oct. 16 announced she is letting a ban on firearms expire, about a year after it was first imposed.
Grisham issued an executive order in September 2023 banning guns at public places such as parks in Bernalillo County, which includes Albuquerque.
The order was later narrowed to only apply to parks and playgrounds.
“The public health order, though temporary, allowed us to implement urgent and necessary measures that have had a measurable, positive effect on public safety in our state,” Grisham said in a statement. “I have decided to allow the public health order to expire, but our fight to protect New Mexico communities from the dangers posed by guns and illegal drugs will continue.”…