It seems kind of like a dry run or beta test of sorts to see what the public reaction would be to an outright banning of the 2A rule by decree under the guise of a public health emergency.
This is probably how the marxists in our governments will come after the 2A and the American people at some point in the future...under the guise of a manufactured emergency such as in this case in New Mexico.

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"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them…” ~ Richard Henry Lee
2 Corinthians 3:17