Court reviews gun-carry restrictions under health order in New Mexico, as states explore options

By MORGAN LEE
Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order are going under the legal microscope in U.S. District Court in New Mexico. At a hearing Tuesday, a federal judge delayed a decision on a request to block a scaled-back public health order from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspending the right to carry firearms in most Albuquerque-area public parks and playgrounds. The legal standoff is one of many in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year expanding gun rights, as leaders in politically liberal-leaning states explore new avenues for restrictions. California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed nearly two dozen gun control measures.