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>> FUNDING FOR NEW MEXICO MCCUNE CHARITABLE AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. MEXICO InFOCUS, ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE, WE EXPLORE CLIMATE. BETTER UNDERSTANDING, AND AN SCIENTISTS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS >> Gene: AND WE REVISIT A ABOUT HOW GUN VIOLENCE NEW MEXICO InFOCUS STARTS NOW. >> Gene: THANKS FOR JOINING I'M YOUR HOST, GENE GRANT. TWO HUGE THEMES FOR US THIS STUDENT IN ALBUQUERQUE CHILD ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, AND COVID-19 FORCES A RETURN TO WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT CENSUS THAT SHOW NEW MEXICANS ARE CITIES, AND THAT THE STATE
IN RESIDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS WE'LL START WITH COVID-19. >> Gene: IT'S BACK TO WITH CASES OF THE COVID-19 UNVACCINATED NEW MEXICANS, OF US, VACCINATED OR NOT, TO THE GOVERNOR'S LATEST PUBLIC VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL STAFF. ABOUT THE ORDER AND THE OPINION PANEL. CURRENT-ARGUS AND THE USA IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, JESSICA ONSUREZ RETURNS. ATTORNEY AND LINE REGULAR ZOOM ROOM. HOUSE MINORITY WHIP, HE'S ANOTHER REGULAR FACE ON OUR NOW, JESSICA, LET'S GET THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE LOWEST VACCINATION RATES, AS COINCIDENTLY SOME OF THE FOR COVID-19 IN NEW MEXICO.
GOVERNOR'S MANDATE? >> Jessica: WE DON'T LIKE IT, IT SEEMS TO BE THE -- YOU KNOW, NEW MEXICO, SINCE THE BEGINNING VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE SANTA FE TO PROTECT. EVERYBODY'S GOOD, RIGHT. US AND TO PROTECT THE AND THE REST OF THE STATE, AND OUR ECONOMY. A BIT OF AN INFRINGEMENT, IF HERE. CONSERVATIVE PART OF THE BIG ALREADY ISSUES WITH AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICS. >> Gene: THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE A BUSY NEWSWOMAN: SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD STRONGER MANDATES COMING, SOMEBODY TO JUST WEAR A FACE ASKING A PARENT TO PUT A
TO SCHOOL, YOU'LL LIKELY GET NEW MEXICO. PART, LOCAL OFFICIALS AT THE AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS, HAVE THESE NEW MANDATES. SOPHIE, I'M INTERESTED IN IT'S NOT A POPULAR DECISION ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S NOT A IS IT FAIR TO SAY THIS WAS A >> Sophie: I THINK GIVEN NEWS THAT WE'VE SEEN THE DELTA VARIANT AND COVID, QUICKLY IT SPREADS AMONGST BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT IT QUICKLY AMONGST VACCINATED ALTHOUGH FOR THE MOST PART TERMS OF THEIR HEALTH FOR DON'T THINK IT'S A REAL AND MOST OF WHAT I'M SEEING YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT SEEMED
COMING, SOMETHING LIKE THIS. MORE SURPRISING TO PEOPLE, MANDATES RELATING TO I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY MORE PUSHBACK IN THE COURTS. WOMAN, BUT SO FAR IT SEEMS REGARDING VACCINES THAT HAVE AND IN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN COVER THOSE GROUPS THAT IN OUR CASE IT'S STATE AUTHORITY OVER, AND SO I MAY SURVIVE COURT BUT I ALSO EXPECT THOSE >> Gene: INTERESTING POINTS HEY, DANIEL, THE GOVERNOR FAST VACCINE MANDATE FOR THOSE IN CONGREGANT CARE HOMES. A TIGHT TIMELINE. TO ABIDE?
THIS LAP ONCE, AND NOW BEAT UP THE FIRST LAP IS IT GOING TO BE A TIME? DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE AND WHAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE I THINK YOU MAY GET A LOT OF SAYING, OKAY, MAYBE WE I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, BY THIS TIME, IF BY NOW, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ENERGIZE SOMEONE TO GO GET THE HOLD-OUTS SEEM TO BE THEY SHOULD GET VACCINATED. HONESTLY, THE HANDLING OF LEADING THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE TOWARDS DOING THIS. THE VACCINATION, AND WE GET YOU TOLD US NOW YOU'RE PART THOUGH YOU ARE VACCINATED. YOU'VE GOT TO GET ANOTHER IF YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED. HORRIFIC. YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET REFUSED IT, I CAN TELL YOU
WHO WERE EARLY ON NOT BEEN ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSPIRACY, THIS IS A WAY OVER THE WORLD, THERE'S A TALKED TO THAT ARE LIKE, HERE. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT GROWING SENTIMENT, AND I'M >> Gene: DAN, LET ME ASK IS THERE A RISK -- I MEAN, OF FOLKS, PROVIDERS, SAYING STATE. HOSPITALS ARE SAYING, I'VE DIRECTION, ALL THREE ACROSS THE STATE LINES. TOUGH TIME ATTRACTING HEALTH SPECIALISTS. ABOUT -- LIKE, IF YOU LOOK IN NEW MEXICO, AIN'T YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT. ON MASK USE, IS THAT ENOUGH STATE? USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PEOPLE'S MINDS OF AN EROSION GETTING A STRAIGHT ANSWER IS
GOING TO CAUSE PEOPLE -- CAN GO LEFT OR RIGHT FROM THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN THE ESPECIALLY IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE SOUTHEASTERN LIVE IN CARLSBAD OR YOU CAN THERE'S A 50-MINUTE AND ONE OF THEM CHANGES THE ALLOWED TO DO. PLACES LIKE THAT >> Gene: I'VE GOT TO SWING NOTE, FOR SURE. NOTE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE ALL UNMASKED LIKE THAT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, FOR AS IMPORTANT A ROLE AS PLAYS IN THE STATE, YOU'RE SMALL COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE EACH OTHER AND CONSIDER EACH COLLEAGUES. LEVEL, I AM COMFORTABLE BACK AT WORK, I AM COMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE AMONG MY BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I'M AMONG WHOSE SITUATIONS I BEEN FOR THE MOST PART VERY
TO DOING WHAT'S REQUIRED TO SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SO WE HAVE FAMILIES WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY WHO DO AS DAN THEIR RESPONSE TO ALL OF YOU, WE DON'T TRUST WHAT IT'S IMPORTANT WE DO THESE GOING TO COMPLY. ONE I'M HEARING A LOT OF TO HAVE A MASK TO GET INTO FOLKS -- IT'S A BIG ONE. JUST A MASK, RIGHT. >> Gene: AND VACCINATED. OR A RECENT NEGATIVE TEST. AS A SIDE NOTE, I HAVEN'T AND MAYBE I'VE JUST MISSED CAN NOW GET ONE-OFF AT HOME STORES, THROUGH AMAZON, ETC. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH I THINK ACTUALLY YOU CAN'T >> Gene: HOW IS THAT GOING >> Dan: THEY'RE NOT VERY
I MEAN, THE RATIO -- A THEM FOR HIS WORK, AND THEY'RE RIGHT. ACTUALLY QUITE CORRECT. SOME OF THE OTHER TESTS, BUT NOT THAT I'M SELLING IS THAT YOU GET AN ANSWER BUT I THINK THE STATE FAIR THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES THAT STATE-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME PEOPLE IT BECOMES MORE VACCINE THAN TO HAVE THE HAVE A STRONG IDEOLOGICAL THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS BROUGHT UP JUST A MOMENT AGO BOOSTER. PHARMACIST IN ANOTHER STATE WE'RE CHECKING REALLY
REALLY QUALIFY FOR A THE STATE'S WEBSITE, NEW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY TOLD THOSE PREEXISTING YOU UP FOR A THIRD SHOT AT >> Gene: OH, WOW. OVER A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE SOMEHOW FINAGLED, OR IN THEIR DOCTOR'S OKAY TO GET A APPEAR TO BE QUITE A BIT OF SHOT. THERE. BEFORE YOU GO, I THINK IT'S THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS NOT WANTING TO GET SAME TIME BOTH OF OUR U.S. INTO THIS COUNTRY, YOU DON'T DON'T GET TO BE TESTED. WE'RE GOING TO SEND DOWN A DO THINGS AND YOU HAVE TO BE THAT'S THE KIND OF MESSAGE ON A SECOND. BORDER AND YOU'RE LETTING HAVE TO BE VACCINATED AND TESTED, BUT YOU'RE TELLING
VACCINATED AND I HAVE TO BE SCHOOL, BEFORE I CAN GO TO TO DINNER, THAT'S I THINK CONSISTENTLY DIVIDING PEOPLE SAYING, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THERE. IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS NOW, WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT WE'RE ON THE CRIME BEAT WHEN >> Dr. Carroll: WHAT WE TO BE THE DIRECT VICTIM OF A TRAUMATIZED BY IT. EVIDENCE THAT THE WITNESSES SOMETIMES ACTUALLY THAN THE VICTIM THEMSELF. IS PART OF WHAT PREDISPOSES VICTIMIZED. >> Gene: BROADCAST METEOROLOGIST KNOWS THE WEATHER OF THE HE'S WORKED IN EL PASO, PHOENIX, WHERE HE'S AT HE ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE OF COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE NOW, ENVIRONMENT
CAUGHT UP WITH MR. TORRES, RECOGNIZE FROM HIS YEARS AT ALBUQUERQUE. THE TWO TALK ABOUT IN THE SOUTHWEST AND THE OF COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE ON >> Laura: JORGE TORRES, YOU'RE KNOW YOU FROM KOB CHANNEL 4 WELCOME TO NEW MEXICO IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU. GREAT TO BE CHATTING WITH FROM NEW MEXICO, WHICH WAS ENJOYABLE SIX YEARS. TO HAVE YOU. PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CAME REPORT LAST WEEK. COVER THAT REPORT? ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO DO ARE THE BIG TAKE-HOMES FOR >> Jorge: WELL, ONE OF THE THE REPORT IS THAT HUMAN
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. EMISSIONS ARE WARMING THE PREVALENTLY HERE IN THE WE'RE TALKING PROLONGED HEAT AND THAT'S IMPACTING ALL OF AND WE DID THAT STORY IN TWO WE TALKED TO ONE OF THE WHO HAPPENS TO BE A SO THAT BROUGHT IT CLOSER TO THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE, AS TO CLIMATE HERE AND HOW IT AND THEN WE FOLLOWED IT UP INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT'S SPEAK AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT BILL, AND HOW THAT WOULD THE SOUTHWEST, TOO. SPEAKING, HOW DOES ABC-15 INTO ITS NEWS COVERAGE, AND A METEOROLOGIST IN SORT OF
TEAM OR PITCHING STORIES TO >> Jorge: WELL, AS A WHAT'S KNOWN AS A STATION I HELP BRIDGE THE GAP COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT THIS AND MY JOB HERE IS TO WEATHER, BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT A ROLE IN OUR LIVES AND OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR WITH THE MONSOON. STORMS COMPARED TO THE PAST ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. AND WHAT I HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AND WE'RE SEEING, AT LEAST WE'RE SEEING MORE STORMS. MORE WATER, BECAUSE IT'S COMING, WHICH LEADS TO FLOODS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME DEADLY PAST FEW WEEKS. ASSISTANCE FROM ONE OF OUR
CLIMATE CENTRAL. CLIMATE-BASED SCIENCE GROUP CLIMATE SCIENTISTS WHO MAKE FOR EACH RESPECTIVE STATE THERE HAS CHANGED OVER THE EVEN 100 YEARS. NEWSCAST OR WEATHERCAST, BUT AND IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST MONTHS, AND ALSO FOR THE WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR A >> Laura: SO THIS SUMMER THESE DEVASTATING DROUGHTS, WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE YOU KNOW, COLORADO RIVER HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE THAT HAPPENING AND RELATED TO STORMS DON'T NECESSARILY I MEAN, THAT'S A TRICKY PUBLIC. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT GREAT, DROUGHT'S OVER.
WE WISH IT WAS, BUT THAT'S WE NEED THE STORMS TO BE BE CONSISTENT. WHEN IT DOES RAIN, IT'S VERY AND THEN THE DROUGHT, IT HAS AND THEN ON MONDAY, THE THE FIRST TIME EVER DECLARED MEAD, WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS AND EVEN THE COUNTRY OF NOW FOR ARIZONA, THIS MEANS PINAL COUNTY, WHICH IS JUST SO IT'S ALREADY IMPACTING THE DROUGHT, THE PROLONGED AN IMPACT ON ARIZONA AND AND UNFORTUNATELY, CLIMATE PROLONGED AND SEVERE MORE WATER CUTS IN THE >> Laura: SO ONE OF THE IN NEW MEXICO, I BECAME AN BECAUSE YOU WERE POSTING ON CHANGE, WHICH FROM MY
EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF TELEVISION STATIONS FOR A BEEN TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD THAT MIGHT BE. DOESN'T MAKE IT INTO SORT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND MAYBE ARE AROUND GETTING THAT BIG THE NEWS SEGMENT. OF METEOROLOGISTS, CLIMATE HONESTLY KIND OF OUT OF BECAUSE WEATHER IS STUDYING OR LESS IN THE NEAR-TERM AND OBSERVING PATTERNS IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU'RE THOUSANDS OF YEARS, EVEN SO THAT KNOWLEDGE FOR MOST WELL KNOWN AS JUST WEATHER
ITSELF. HAVE BEEN LEARNING A LOT IMPACTING US, AND WE'VE A LOT OF SCIENTISTS, A LOT ABOUT HOW CLIMATE IS AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE UNDERSTANDING AND AN SCIENTISTS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS SO WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT NOW MORE. A LOT MORE METEOROLOGISTS AND TALK MORE ABOUT CLIMATE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE MAY EVEN BECOME, ON SOCIAL NEGATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND WE UNDERSTAND >> Laura: ONE OF THE THINGS INTERESTING ABOUT COVERING
IS IT'S THIS BIG GLOBAL THE BIG NATIONAL OUTLETS DO STORY ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND BUT I'M A BIG FAN OF REPORTING THAT GETS TO YOUR UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THEIR OWN LANDSCAPES. THINK THAT TV METEOROLOGISTS JOB OF KIND OF GETTING THAT DAILY COVERAGE THAT SO MANY >> Jorge: I THINK THE KEY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. SCIENTISTS -- OR SOME OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE SCIENTISTS THAT ARE
DAY, SO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ON A DAILY AND METEOROLOGISTS TEND TO TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE WHEN IT TELEVISION. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS WILL AND IF THEY'RE WATCHING ABOUT THESE ISSUES, THEY'RE SOMETHING THERE. MIGHT BE EVEN STILL TODAY TOPIC FOR FEAR OF ALIENATING COLLEAGUES OR BOSSES OR THE HAVE FOR THEM? >> Jorge: YOU KNOW WHAT, I I WORKED IN NEW MEXICO. PRESENT IT IN A WAY THAT SAY, WHAT WE DO HERE IN BUT JUST PRESENT SOME SIMPLE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE
MEXICO DROUGHT WAS JUST JUST SHOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN AND JUST SHOW THAT TREND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY, 'OH, THIS,' BUT JUST SAY, 'OVER THESE TRENDS HAVE BEEN AND THAT, IN AND OF ITSELF, WITHOUT FULLY PRESENTING IT. YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE OUT METEOROLOGISTS WHO ARE OTHER REPORTERS IN MAYBE WANT TO INCORPORATE THEIR NEWS COVERAGE. LEARNED BEING IN THIS TIME IS THAT THERE ARE SO AVENUES OUT THERE TO GET THERE'S ALWAYS NEW RESEARCH BEING PUT OUT, ABOUT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW COMMUNITIES. FIRSTHAND, YOU HAVE A GREAT
WHO IS SUPER WELL-KNOWN IN COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY, AND SO THERE ARE RESOURCES WHEN IT COMES TO THESE RELATED TOPICS. THIS ON AIR FOR A AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, MORE TRUSTED PEOPLE ON ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIKE, NO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT KEEP AT IT. AVAILABLE, THERE ARE OTHER WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH BUT KNOW THAT THE AVENUE IS THERE TO GO, ESPECIALLY IN A YOU'RE NOTICING CLIMATE THE WATER ISSUE IS NOT GOING NOT GOING AWAY, EITHER, AND GOING AWAY. THANK YOU ENOUGH. POPPING INTO THE NEW MEXICO ABOUT THIS, AND I REALLY
LEADER AS A TELEVISION CLIMATE CHANGE, AND I'M SO THANKS FOR JOINING ME. AND HELLO AGAIN AND GOODBYE SAVE SOME GREEN CHILI FOR >> Gene: ONE THING THAT OF COVERAGE ON LOCAL NEWS IT HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY THE SHOOTING AND DEATH OF AN STUDENT BY WHAT POLICE SAY ALSO A DEADLY SHOOTING IN A POPULAR UPTOWN AREA. CASES ARE PART OF A RECORD HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE AND IN CRIME LEGISLATION AS WELL STATE POLICE TO ALBUQUERQUE. HUMAN NATURE TO ASK WHAT THE SHOOTING AT WASHINGTON THEY SAY THE ACCUSED' HISTORY OF IRRESPONSIBLE GUN NOW.
SURE THAT THAT PARTICULAR ADVANCE. SOME TALK OF THE SHOOTER >> Gene: WELL, SHOOTER'S KNOW. HIGHLANDS. I MEAN HIS MOM, YOU KNOW, CLASSROOM. HAVE PREDICTED THAT HE WOULD NECESSARILY HIS KID. HAS BEEN LONG-STANDING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, FOR CETERA. THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS NECESSARILY STRONG ENOUGH. UNDER WHAT IS CALLED BENNY'S START. A LOT OF APPETITE, DESPITE
SHOOTINGS WE HAVE SEEN THIS STATE, FOR STRONGER CIRCUMSTANCES. FULLY DEVELOPED BRAINS AND PARENTS SHOULD BE MAKING FOR CHILDREN BUT THAT PARENTS WILL BE DECISION MAKING, CERTAINLY TO BE NECESSARY. FOLKS AS WE RECORD THIS WE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WITH NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SO WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT AND, DANIEL, LET ME MOVE ON NEW MEXICO HAS A RED FLAG TEMPORARILY SEIZE GUNS ON THREAT TO THEMSELVES OR IT HAS BEEN USED FOUR TIMES AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT EVEN CHARGED BY APD AND BUT IS THERE MORE OF AN
USE OF THAT PARTICULAR LAW >> Dan: YEAH. AN OPENING FOR A MORE I THINK IT JUST IS THE BASIC USING THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE >> Gene: LET'S TALK ABOUT WE HAVE A RED FLAG LAW THAT EXACTLY THESE KIND OF IS IT NOT THE RIGHT TIME? WHAT YOU MEAN THAT LAW AS TO THE RED FLAG LAW WAS GOING AROUND A GUN? THE KID HAS GOT A PROBLEM, THE KID HASN'T LEARNED, IN CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR IN 2018 HE SAW HIS FATHER THAT HIS FATHER SHOT HAPPENED TO THE GUY. SO, THAT TELLS A YOUNG LEVEL OF ESCALATION IN A BECAUSE, LISTEN, MY DAD DID MY DAD. NOT THE FACT WE SHOULD BE NEW LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
ENFORCING CURRENT LAWS WE HOLDING TRUE CRIMINALS WE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN OUT OF JAIL WITH NO BAIL, REALLY QUICK SO WE DON'T LONGER. RECIDIVISM RATE AMONG THESE A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE FINALLY CAPTURED OR RARE TO SEE A STORY THAT WE GRANT IS THE GUY THAT SHOT HE HAS NO CRIMINAL PAST. FIND THIS OUT IT IS CRIMINAL RECORD WITH A STATE AND IN OUR COUNTRY NOW THAT THE RIGHTS OF THE THE VICTIM. WELL, LET'S GO CREATE MORE AND WE ALL KNOW THIS. ARE GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY FOLLOW THE LAWS. NOT LAW BIDING CITIZENS. SAYING, LET'S PUT ANOTHER LOOK BACK AT WHY THESE WHEN YOU HEAR THE SON OR THE
MEMBER ARE SOMEONE WHO GETS AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO PROBLEM. JUST GETTING WORD THAT CALLING FOR SOME TALKS ABOUT NOT SUPPORTING IT BUT THEY SPECIAL SESSION TO TALK YOUR INITIAL GUT REACTION? SESSION AND THE COST AND >> Dan: LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW TO ME THIS PROBLEM WITH GUN NEW MEXICO PROBLEM. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK AND IT IN NEW MEXICO, I THINK THAT TIME -- WE ARE A MAJORITY EVEN IF IN PRETTY DEMOCRAT AND GO HUNTING AND DO THE THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A HOPE THERE WILL BE A SERIOUS PASS 25 NEW LAWS, WHY ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS,
JUDGES MORE DISCRETION TO CASES OTHER THAN MAKING AND WE AWAIT TRIAL AND HOPE CRIME. CURIOUS HOW THIS ALL RINGS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE SPECIFIC HERE EAR. ALL, LET ME GIVE MY BENNY HARGROVE. TO HEAR AND EVEN IF IT MEXICO, WE ARE ALL AFFECTED STATE. I WILL SAY THAT I AM SAME VEIN AS DAN ON THIS. LOOK AT THIS, THE PROPOSED ANOTHER ATTACK ON THEIR ESPECIALLY IN NEW MEXICO. WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE WE USE THEM FOR SPORT AND PROTECTION. DAN WHEN WE SAY THAT IT IS A CAN WE DO, NOT ABOUT GUN GUNS, BUT REALLY TAKE A LOOK
OF VIOLENCE THAT JUST WE ARE IN A STATE WHERE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THAT OF THING. HAVE HUGE A POPULATION THAT THAT ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO AND WHERE KIDS ARE PLACED IN SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN BE THAT OUT ON THEIR OWN, IN SOCIETIES AND THEIR OWN IN OUR VIEW IT IS BETTER TO HOW DO WE PUNISH GUN OWNERS, THINK SOME MIGHT ARGUE, ARE HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE TO THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE. THERE A PROBLEM WITH VIOLENT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS ONE SPORTS BAR SHOOTING SAID AT QUOTE, BE JUSTICE EITHER
I MEAN THAT IS A HARD QUOTE YOU CAN'T BEGRUDGE HER THAT RESPONSE WE CAN LIVE WITH? THE AIR HERE. QUOTE AND NOT KNOWING MORE SHOOTING MAKES IT DIFFICULT THE DYNAMIC IS. THAT IS TOUGH, GOING BACK TO ABOUT THE NEED FOR SOCIAL BETTER INTERVENTION, AND DAN KNOW MAY BE ON THE PATH TO SEEMS THAT THE SAME ADVOCATES WHO ARE SAYING, AMENDMENT RIGHT AND WE CAN'T ARE ALSO OPPOSING INCREASED FOR INTERVENTION AND FOR FOR INSTANCE, WITH MENTAL AND TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I
THIS EVERY TIME, WHEN WE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, HEALTH ISSUES ARE MORE CRIME THAN TO PERPETUATE IT. OVERCOME THIS, THAT IT IS WHO ARE SAYING NO TO THIS, NO TO THESE OTHER SOLUTIONS WE JUST HAVE NOT GOTTEN PAST WILL. DISCUSSED, VIOLENCE IS IT INVOLVES CHILDREN. SIT UP AND PAY ATTENTION AND IMPACTS WITH KIDS WHO A FEW YEARS BACK, FORMER SPOKE WITH LOCAL CHILD CARROLL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING ARE VICTIMIZED BY GUN HERE IS THAT CONVERSATION. >> Gustavus: DOCTOR, THANK YOU >> Dr. Carroll: THANK YOU FOR
>> Gustavus: NEW MEXICO IS A VERY POOR STATE. RELATED TO POVERTY. CONSIDER IN THE HEALTH AND WHO MIGHT BE WITNESSING VIOLENCE, GROWING UP HERE? YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE IS A HAS TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN IN ARE OFTEN EXPOSED TO A LOT IN A HIGHER SOCIOECONOMIC SO, WHEN CHILDREN GROW UP IN AROUND GUNS MORE AND THEY IN VIOLENT WAYS OR THEY ARE EVEN IF THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT UNM, HAVE BEEN SHOT INCLUDING WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT >> Dr. Carroll: UNFORTUNATEL THAT IS A VERY SAD THING.
ACCIDENTAL AND THEN, OF DIRECTLY. CHILDREN, WE DO OUR BEST TO BACK TOGETHER. IT CAN BE AN THEY ARE OFTEN DEALING WITH WELL AS THE PSYCHIATRIC TREAT BOTH TOGETHER. IMPACT OF WITNESSES VIOLENCE ON A CHILD AS THEY ARE >> Dr. Carroll: IT IS QUITE WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT YOU DO VICTIM OF A VIOLENT ACT TO THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE VIOLENT ACT ARE SOMETIMES THAN THE VICTIM THEMSELVES. PREDISPOSES YOU TO BEING SO IN THAT SENSE, EVEN HAVE A PHYSICAL INJURY, THEY PSYCHIATRIC INJURY SO WE
IN TERMS OF TREATING IT. LED TO SOME GOOD TREATMENT TREAT HAS CERTAINLY IMPROVED YEARS. THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? CHILD WHO HAS WITNESSED GUN >> Dr. Carroll: ONE OF THE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE NOT AND SO THAT ALSO IS ONE -- POINT ABOUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF TV. THE TV ISN'T SHOWING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY CAN'T MAKE THAT SO A LOT OF TIMES FOR TV THEY ASSUME IT IS IN THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT BE CAREFUL EXPOSING CHILDREN ON THE TELEVISION BECAUSE IN THEIR IMMEDIATE
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. THEY ACTUALLY WITNESS GUN >> Dr. Carroll: IF THEY BE SUBSTANTIALLY TRAUMATIZED EVERYTHING FROM NIGHTMARES DISSOCIATIVE REOCCURRENCES LITERALLY WILL DISSOCIATE AND WHAT IS MORE, AS WE KNOW IS QUITE NATURAL. AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, SENSE THAT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT DON'T INVOLVE OBVIOUS TRIGGERS, LIKE A CAR SOME UNUSUAL THINGS WILL TRAUMA AND SO THE FLASHBACK TRIGGERED BY ALL KINDS OF THINK OF. SIGNS PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL STRUGGLING AFTER WITNESSING >> Dr. Carroll: PROBABLY THE DIFFICULTY SLEEPING. ANXIETY DIRECTLY INHIBITS
TRANSITION INTO A SLEEP SO IT LITERALLY SORT OF SO, THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST SLEEPING. WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IN CHILDREN, IS THAT THEY DON'T THE SAME AS IT DOES IN AN IF YOU READ ABOUT DISORDER, THAT WAS DESIGNED VETERANS, NOT CHILDREN. DIFFERENTLY. DIFFICULTY SLEEPING OR INCREASED TEMPER TANTRUMS COMMON. DISSOCIATE MUCH MORE THAN OF GO QUIET AND SORT OF IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT HAPPENS IN A TRAUMATIC SYSTEM IS TRIGGERED. VERY WELL SO INSTEAD THEY AND DISSOCIATE.
SEEN. GET KIDS TO TALK ABOUT THIS? NOW HERE IS THE THING, THE RIGHT WAY. TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO GET WAY SO THEY ACTUALLY GET RE-TRAUMATIZING THEM WITH THAT IS WHY A LOT OF SORT FOR A WHILE WITH DEBRIEFING TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO TALK TRAUMA. MADE PEOPLE WORSE. LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS IT. WHERE YOU WILL GET THEM TO SORT OF THE END POINT OF ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE WITHOUT THEY DON'T GET SCARED, ANGRY OR SAD. DOESN'T HAVE THE EMOTIONAL >> Gustavus: WHAT ARE SOME TEACHERS OR OTHER CARING
YOUNG PERSON WHO HAS PARTICULARLY GUN VIOLENCE? MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS SAFETY. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ADULTS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY SO, THEY ARE PRIME TO TELL YOU, IT IS OKAY, YOU THAT OR I AM NOT GOING TO YOU SAFE. NATURAL SENSE OF PROTECTION TO CHILDREN. DON'T DO THAT? LOT OF VIOLENCE GROWING UP BE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR >> Dr. Carroll: A LOT OF SO EVEN CHILDREN, THEY ARE THEY ARE VERY MUCH PARTS OF SO A LOT OF TIMES THE BEST IS TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE HELP THEM ENGAGE THE CHILD BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT
MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, FOR MIGHT SEE A CHILD EVERY THERE EVERYDAY, ALL DAY SO, IF I CAN TEACH THE THINGS ABOUT HOW TO BE MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T TALK REALLY ARE DOING IS TEACHING A WAY THAT IT IS THERAPEUTIC >> Gustavus: YOU SEE SOME PROVIDER. DIFFICULT. AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON GUN NOW? FEELING IS THAT I BELIEVE IN I AM FROM LOUISIANA I GREW UP HUNTING AND THE MILITARY BEFORE I WAS A SO, I AM VERY COMFORTABLE HOWEVER I HAVE YOUNG I WILL GO TO A RANGE AND HAVE A GUN IN MY HOUSE
OF THE THOUGHT OF MY I AM VERY FOCUSED ON GUNS AND THAT THEY NEED TO BE IT IS A GREAT AND, SO, THAT IS THE STANCE OF COURSE, IF I AM WORKING OR A TEENAGER WHO IS PROPERLY SECURING GUNS. SHOULDN'T OWN A GUN. TO BE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT WE GO OVER SORT OF SECURITY THINGS TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE. CAN BE VERY IMPULSIVE. AND THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF TEENAGERS, BIG DIFFERENCE TEENAGERS, IS THAT BECAUSE FULLY DEVELOPED, THEY MAKE DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN AND SO A TEENAGER CAN GO ANGRY TO ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OF SECONDS IF THEY SEE THE
WHAT WE KNOW IN TEENAGERS BIG TRIGGER TO THEM ACTING. OPPORTUNITY, THE INTERESTING TO KILL THEMSELVES CAN COME DISAPPEAR JUST AS RAPIDLY SO IF THEY CAN'T ACCESS A IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, IT SO THAT IS WHY THAT THINGS, EVERYTHING FROM TO GUNS AND SO FORTH, YOU KEEPING A TEENAGER SAFE EVEN THOUGHT. YOUNG PEOPLE, CHILDREN OR VIOLENCE, DOES THAT LEAD TO >> Dr. Carroll: ABSOLUTELY. IS YOU HAVE A TRAUMATIC ESSENTIALLY SOME VERSION OF DISORDER. WHILE THE POSTTRAUMATIC OUT OR CALM DOWN, THEY OFTEN
RESIDUAL ANXIETY AND THAT DEPRESSION. EVEN THOUGH THE PTSD IS TREATED, THEY ARE MUCH MORE SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT ANXIETY LIKE RED LINING YOUR AFTER A CERTAIN POINT, YOU LINING, RED LINING AND TO KICK IN AND SHUT THE THAT IS THE DEPRESSION. TOO LONG, EVENTUALLY THE OF LIKE CALM YOUR SYSTEM IN THAT STATE OF DEPRESSION THOUGHTS. STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT YOU THINK WOULD HELP ADDRESS BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH VIOLENCE? IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STRESS OF RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP SECURING WEAPONS. IF YOU OWN A GUN YOU NEED TO
IN MANY WAYS, THERE IS A LOT WHEN YOU OWN A GUN, THE THAT YOU'LL ACCIDENTALLY CLEANING YOUR GUN IT WILL SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS GUN SAFELY. IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE DONE ON IF YOU DON'T HANDLE GUNS RUSTY AND THEN YOU'RE I COMPARE IT TO FLYING AN WE JOKE ABOUT HOW DOCTORS BECAUSE WE DON'T FLY ENOUGH. SO, WE ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO FLIES EVERYDAY IT IS THE SAME THING WITH >> Gustavus: THANK YOU SO ISSUES YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTERESTING THINGS FOR US TO >> Dr. Carroll: THANK YOU. SPOKEN OF THE RURAL/URBAN IT HAS BEEN MANIFESTING
THE LATEST CENSUS DATA BEARS SHOWING 20 OF NEW MEXICO'S POPULATION. ISN'T GAINING MANY RESIDENTS SHOW THE BIGGEST GAINS ARE CITIES. FEWER PEOPLE MEANS LESS WHAT IS THE UPSHOT HERE? ABOUT NEW MEXICO? THAT THERE IS AN INFLUX, I THERE IS AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE STATE FROM PEOPLE LEAVING CALIFORNIA, CONSIDER ALBUQUERQUE TO BE A WILLING TO SETTLE IN WHERE IN THE PAST YOU WOULD COMBINATION OF PEOPLE NOT ALBUQUERQUE BUT TOWNS LIKE THEY WANT THAT COMMUNITY. TOO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES LIKE CATRON COUNTY,
IS A HUGE SWING IN THE ONE THING THAT IS THE COUNTIES THAT ARE LOSING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO. OUTCOME IN LEGISLATIVE >> Gene: CAN I ASK YOU TO I HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. JESS ON OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE RIGHT IN ON THE GROUND WHAT DOES THIS TO NEW MEXICO IN THOSE LOSING. IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING WE ARE ACTUALLY GROWING IN EDDY COUNTY HAS HAD SOME OF CENSUS IN GROWTH. MANY THINGS BUT MOST PEOPLE GAS INDUSTRY WHICH IS BASED WHICH IS GREAT FOR US. ABOUT THAT SHIFT IN WE ARE LOOKING AT RURAL CONSERVATIVE WHO ALREADY
IS HAPPENING IN THE CENTER POPULATIONS. URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE, THE YOU SEE THAT WIDEN A BIT LACK OF CIVILITY AND LACK OF TRY TO COME TOGETHER ON ENTIRE STATE. BALANCE IN A LOT OF CITIES URBAN, THAT IS FOR SURE. FOR NEW MEXICO? SOMEWHAT ALBUQUERQUE CENTRIC YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY DOES THIS EXAGGERATE THAT >> Sophie: I DO. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES IS, OF A CUSTOMER BASE FOR THEIR TO ATTRACT DOCTORS AND I WORKED EARLIER A COUPLE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE LAWYER THE STATE.
I THINK ONE OF THE REAL CONTRACTION OF THE CENTRAL STATE THAT ARE SEEING IT IS ALREADY A STRUGGLE TO PARTS OF THE STATE. AND THE MOVE TO CITIES IS WE SOMETIMES TALK ABOUT LIKE CETERA, INDIVIDUALS ARE SELF INTERESTS, WHAT IS ECONOMISTS TELL US, THEY THEM TO THE EXTENT THE TO GET SOMETHING MORE THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNITIES IN THE REST OF >> Gene: DAN, YOU STARTED TO ABOUT WAY. HOME FOR MONTHS AND THE LESS RELIANT ON LOCATION YOU JUST MENTIONED, OF
INTO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE FROM AFAR. SELLING POINT FOR SMALLER WHAT IS KEEPING THEM FROM WHAT THEY ARE? ALBUQUERQUE IS SEEING A THE REST OF RURAL NEW IF YOU'RE LEAVING LOS PRETTY RURAL CITY TO MOVE CARLSBAD AND ROSWELL ARE WAY RIGHT? PEOPLE STILL WANT TO GET TO FLIGHT OPTIONS. IS GOING TO ARISE IN NEW FEW YEARS, IS THE WATER WE ARE IN A DROUGHT OF EPIC ALBUQUERQUE GROWS, THERE IS GO AROUND AND THERE IS MEXICO WHERE YOU LOOK AND IN VALLEY, WHERE THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST 20, 30, 40 BE A MOVE, YOU WATCH, THAT TO BE AS MUCH OF A FARMING, ALFALFA AND GROW PECANS OR
WATER TO ALBUQUERQUE TO GIVE HERE? COMING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YEAR OR SO WITH THE SUPREME TEXAS. FOR RURAL NEW MEXICO WHEN IT SUSTAINING RANCHING AND THE SOME EXTENT THE OIL AND GAS IT IS UNDER CONSTANT FIRE IN LEGISLATIVELY, BUT YOU START ISSUES, YOU START TELLING THE WATER, THEY NEED TO BENEFICIAL USE, IT IS GOING TO ALBUQUERQUE AND I THINK RATHER THAN LATER. ONE FOR YOU. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT OR WILL BECOME MORE SIMILAR TO A SWING DISTRICT? CHOICES THERE. AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT
OF THE DISTRICTS HERE. WILL BE A HUGE SHIFT TO THAT IT MIGHT BE ONE OF DISTRICTS. THINK, FOR NEW MEXICO AND EXPLICITLY IN THIS GREAT. SEEING WHAT THE STATE LEVEL AND WHAT HAPPENS >> Dan: I AM REMINDED OF WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE AND BOSS WAS IN AND I WAS ON THE I WOULD GET THESE NEVER TALKED TO HIM SO MUCH TOM UDALL TELLING ME WHAT A HAD, THAT NOTHING SHOULD BE THAT SHE WAS A GREAT ASSET. MAKING SEATS MORE REMEMBER WHEN ONE BECOMES
ONE BECOMES LESS AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AS TO MAKE THEM LESS IT THIS WAY. OF, IF NOT THE MOST SENIOR MEXICO NOW IS YVETTE I MEAN, YOU THINK OF PEOPLE BEEN GOING ON. DO REPUBLICANS NEED TO FACE OF ALL THIS? STATE. WE HAVE NO MESSAGE. YEARS AGO AND EVERYBODY ELSE MESSAGE THAT BRINGS PEOPLE JOIN YOUR CAUSE. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND IT DOWN ON US IN NEW MEXICO AND DON'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO OF SPENDING ALL OUR TIME WRONG. UP TO YOU AND MATT. SECONDS ON THIS. DISAGREE WITH DAN ON THAT WHAT DID YOU WANT TO ASK?
CURIOUS YOU HAD A REACTION WE ARE OUT OF TIME THIS DIGGING IN ON THE TOPICS I AM BACK IN A MOMENT WITH A EARLIER THIS WEEK, I HAD THE WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF SENIOR SENATOR MARTIN ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES GENERATION OF PRODUCING PARTICULARLY HYDROGEN USE IN DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO GRASP MADE THE TRIP BUT LET ME SAY SHARE OF REPORTING AND OUR CITY BEING THE NEXT BIG ENDEAVORS OVER THE LAST 20 RESULT. INDUCED A FAIR AMOUNT OF POWER PRODUCTION FEELS THE MOMENTUM I WITNESSED YEARS AGO BY SENATORS OLD BOSS, HEATHER WILSON, EVERYTHING AND THE RECENTLY
INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT IS A ALBUQUERQUE AND POTENTIALLY IT. AND STAYING INFORMED AND SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK IN >> FUNDING FOR NEW MEXICO MCCUNE CHARITABLE AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU
Series
New Mexico in Focus
Episode Number
1508
Episode
Gun Violence, Census Numbers, Climate Change
Producing Organization
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contributing Organization
New Mexico PBS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
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cpb-aacip-0ff2e936887
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Episode Description
*Please Note: this file contains content that may be sensitive for some viewers.* On this episode of New Mexico in Focus, we discuss gun violence and COVID-19. A middle school student in Albuquerque apparently killed another child on school grounds, and the delta variant of COVID-19 forces a return to indoor masking. We will also talk about census numbers released last week that showed New Mexicans are leaving small towns for cities, and the state continues to lead the nation in residents who identify as Hispanics or Latinos. Guests: Jessica Onsurez (News Director, Carlsbad Current Argus), Sophie Martin (Attorney), Dan Foley (Former New Mexico House Minority Whip), Jorge Torres (Meteorologist, ABC15 Arizona), and Dr. Scott Carroll (Presbyterian Behavioral Health). Hosts: Gene Grant (NMiF Host), Laura Paskus (NMiF Environmental Correspondent), and Sarah Gustavus (NMiF Producer).
Broadcast Date
2021-08-20
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Media type
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Duration
00:56:06.718
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Credits
Executive Producer: McDonald, Kevin
Producer: Wimmer, Kathy
Producer: Grubs, Matt
Producing Organization: KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
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KNME
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Chicago: “New Mexico in Focus; 1508; Gun Violence, Census Numbers, Climate Change,” 2021-08-20, New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 4, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-0ff2e936887.
MLA: “New Mexico in Focus; 1508; Gun Violence, Census Numbers, Climate Change.” 2021-08-20. New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 4, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-0ff2e936887>.
APA: New Mexico in Focus; 1508; Gun Violence, Census Numbers, Climate Change. Boston, MA: New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-0ff2e936887