Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the emergency order after the shooting deaths of three children from July through September as well as a pair of mass shootings in the state . The suit likens the executive order and public health emergency declaration to martial law and argues that it is a suspension of constitutional rights . A second lawsuit was also filed Saturday by Bernalillo County resident Randy Donk and the Gun Owners of America . The lawsuit also asks the court for an immediate temporary restraining order and later a preliminary and permanent injunction to be granted . A spokesperson for the governor said in a statement Sunday that the governor is prepared to fight challenges to her decision and that extraordinary measures are required to prevent more innocent New Mexicans from being killed by guns . The order also prohibits firearms on state property including state buildings and schools as well and other places where children gather. The order went into immediate effect temporarily bans the carrying of guns on public property in those counties with certain exceptions according to the governors office. Citizens with carry permits will still be allowed to possess their weapons on private property such as gun ranges and gun stores if the firearm is transported in a locked box or if a trigger lock or other mechanism is used to render the firearm incapable of being fired by the gun is used by the trigger lock is used in a trigger or other mechanisms is used, or if it is removed from the gun . The law will not be used by a trigger is used . The state will not apply to a trigger. The law is not required to use a trigger-lock or other means. If a trigger locks are used to be used in the barrel or a trigger . The State will not use the firearm. The state. It will not allow the firearm in a barrel or other .
Gun rights organizations sue New Mexico governor over gun violence order . Gun rights groups sue New
