Elon Musk responded to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s (D) order banning concealed carry by asking how soon the governor can be removed for violating the Second Amendment.
Breitbart News reported that Grisham issued an order Friday suspending state residents’ rights to carry guns for self-defense in Albuquerque and other cities.
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)
Musk responded with a post on X, which said, “At risk of stating what should be obvious, deliberately violating the Constitution is next-level illegal. How soon can this person be removed from office?”
New Mexico state Rep. John Block (R-51) reacted to Grisham’s order by calling for her to be impeached and removed from office.
Grisham’s order took effect September 8, 2023, and it will last 30 days, after which Grisham said she will revisit the matter to determine if she will extend the ban another 30 days.
When a reporter questioned Grisham’s issuance of the ban, noting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Grisham responded by stressing her belief that “no constitutional right … is intended to be absolute.”
Grisham’s order bans the carrying of firearms, openly or concealed, in public. The prohibition applies to licensed concealed carriers as well.
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AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at
