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Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Election officials count absentee ballots in Milwaukee, Wis., on Nov. 4, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Gun stores in Albuquerque, New Mexico have seen a surge in customers after Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's emergency order banning the carrying of firearms in and around the city.

Arnold Gallegos, owner of ABQ Guns in Albuquerque, N.M., and an officer with police officer in the Jemez Springs Police Department, considers a public health order banning firearms in public was an "illegal" act by New Mexico's governor. Photo taken on Sept. 12 2023. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)

"Today was the busiest day I’ve had in months," Arnie Gallegos, owner of ABQ Guns in Albuquerque, told The Epoch Times. "I’ve been getting a lot of people who have never come into a gun shop before who are rightfully concerned about their freedoms.

"A lot of people are saying, 'I can’t rely on the police anymore, and I need to be able to protect myself," added Gallegos.

In a Sept. 8 statement, Grisham said "The time for standard measures has passed," adding "And when New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game—when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn—something is very wrong."

The order came in response to recent shootings of three children, including the July 28 shooting death of a 13-year-old girl in northern New Mexico, the Epoch Times reports. A man and his 14-year-old son were later arrested for the crime.

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