Summary: Federal lawsuit challenging New Mexico’s mandatory shuttering of lawful retail firearms businesses. By arbitrarily, capriciously—and unconstitutionally— targeting those who lawfully sell firearms and ammunition, New Mexico is depriving citizens of their natural and fundamental right to keep and bear arms. 

Plaintiffs: Robert Aragon; David Anthony Segura; Zachary Fort; Richard Kennedy; Rose's Guns & More, LLC; Southwest Gunsmith Technologies, LLC; New Mexico Shooting Sports Association; National Rifle Association of America; Second Amendment Foundation; and Firearms Policy Coalition

Defendants: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico; New Mexico Department of Health; and Kathyleen Kunkel, Secretary for the New Mexico Department of Health; J. Does 1–10,

Litigation Counsel: Patrick J. Rogers, Patrick J. Rogers LLC; Cody J. Wisniewski, Mountain States Legal Foundation; Adam Kraut, Esq., Firearms Policy Coalition; Michael T. Jean, National Rifle Association of America

Docket: D. NM case no. 1:20-cv-00325 | CourtListener Docket

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Key Events & Filings

• 2020-6-15: Notice of Voluntary Dismissal
• 2020-4-16: Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction; Brief and Declarations in Support of Motion
• 2020-4-10 Complaint

Related News Releases

• 2020-4-10: Second Amendment Groups, Individuals, Retailers Sue New Mexico Gov. Grisham, Others Over Gun Retailer Closures