gun policy

A federal judge in Albuquerque Wednesday ruled that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s temporary ban on carrying firearms at public parks and playgrounds can take effect. Despite that, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department said it will not be enforcing it.

A federal judge Wednesday blocked part of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order suspending the right to carry guns in public in the Albuquerque metro area. She had already received pushback from the Attorney General, two members of the congressional delegation and other elected officials in the state, many of them fellow Democrats.The governor spoke with KUNM before the judge’s ruling. Lujan Grisham says her executive order isn’t about a political debate over gun control, but rather a response to a crisis in gun violence and how it affects children and their families.

President Joe Biden will travel to New Mexico next week to receive a briefing from state and federal officials as the state continues to deal with the largest wildfire in state history, the White House announced Friday.Federal authorities confirmed Friday they are investigating how three firefighters battling the largest blaze burning in the U.S. were injured — one of them seriously — when a helicopter dropped part of a load of water on them.

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There have been more than 300,000 civilian gun deaths in the United States in the last 10 years. That’s right up there with the number of military…