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New Mexico governor suspends right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2023
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It's really another instance of legal gun owners getting shafted because it sounds better to just ban concealed carry than to address the causes of gun violence in the city. That would require more effort and ultimately the political benefit looks better because democrats will die with goal of disarming the citizenry, and the republicans and conservatives don't care about the suffering and root causes that lead to cultures of violence (gang crime, road rage, shooting people turning around in your driveway or who knock on your door), heck in some cases they benefit from it.
While I'm not sold on the idea on mandatory training (I don't trust governments enough make it accessible and useful), i'd be ignorant to think that training shouldn't be made an expectation of ownership if not legally, than socially. There's lot's of people I just dread the fact they carry a gun. Reddit's CCW subreddit has way too many posts that are essentially "Can I kill this guy?" Luckily there's people there who do their best to educate and share resources and try to encourage a defensive mindset, away from the aggressive, "if you mess with me i'll kill you" mindset.