Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed public safety legislation into law on Monday, March 4. State lawmakers, elected officials, students and faculty gathered at West Mesa High School for the signage of four bills aimed toward tackling crime in New Mexico. MORE: New Mexico public safety to be addressed at 2024 legislation session"We're going to protect responsible gun owners' rights. That's an easy thing to do. What's not so easy, is keeping firearms out of the wrong hands. What we're doing today is a giant leap, not just a step, toward making sure that occurs," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said during Monday's press conference at West Mesa High School.Public Safety Legislation signed into law on Monday, March 4KOAT asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham her plans to address teen violence, their accessibility to guns and if she is still considering a special session. The full Q & A is below. House Bill 129 - Firearm Sale Waiting Period "Relating to crime. Creating the crime of unlawful sale of a firearm before the required waiting period ends; requiring a seven-day waiting period when conducting the sale of a firearm, providing an exception, prescribing penalties." Sponsor: Rep. Andrea RomeroSenate Bill 5 - Firearms Near Polling Places "Prohibits guns in polling places. It is illegal to carry firearms within 100 ft. of polling places during an election." Sponsor: Sen. Peter WirthSenate Bill 96 - Increase Attempted Murder Penalty "Increased criminal penalty of second-degree murder. It raises the maximum penalty from 15 to 18 years." Sponsor: Sen. Antonio MaestasSenate Bill 271 - Repeat Felony Offender 'No Bond' hold "Relating to criminal procedure. Requiring the court to hold a person for a violation of conditions of release to consider modification or revocation of those conditions of release." Sponsor: Sen. Daniel A. Ivey Soto Video below: KOAT asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham her plans to address teen violence, their accessibility to guns and if she is still considering a special sessionFaith Egbuonu: What is your plan to address teen violence? There are still ongoing concerns with teens getting access to guns. There were two weapons found here late last year in October. Are there still talks of a special session?Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Look, I'd like to be able to answer the question about teen violence with a single strategy that will do everything, which is why it has to be multiple strategies. But in fact, we're seeing young people get access to firearms and what I believe are record numbers. And it has to end. In the public health order, which for the folks in the audience, don't know what that is, that's another power that a governor in most states have. And I have a pretty broad power that says, look, I can ask, but we do things differently so that we know what works, what doesn't work, and get our arms around this issue, which includes that we were holding juveniles. And again, we're trying to create in a situation where we can do rehabilitation. But when we have a young person with a firearm who's tried to harm another person, that individual has to be detained. And we're seeing that that's making a difference. But we need more in that area. So, number one, folks in this community should expect me to push really hard to continue to require that a young person involved in a violent act with a firearm is going to be detained pending adjudication of that issue.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines from KOAT Action 7 NewsI see the district attorney nodding his head. We've had some glitches that we'll be talking about potentially later. And, we're done. No glitches. That has to be the standard there. I agree with the senator Maestas. We should be getting upstream. Okay. But that can take 20 years and we're doing it. Child care, home Visiting,investments in health care, universal early childhood education, all of the things that our superintendent, the principals are doing k-12, free college, good jobs, high paying, ready to train, ready to go,one of the best job markets in the country. But today we have a crisis and it's everywhere. But it plays out in Albuquerque, in these high schools. And as you mentioned right here. So more is coming and more behavioral health, really talking about the impacts that gun violence is having on young people in their families. That's the other issue that's not getting enough attention, in my view, which is these young people are impacted by those threats and those issues every single day. And they need more access to behavioral health, right here in these schools. And that's going to happen as well.The other thing that's also really important to know that not only because of the incident here at West Mesa and schools across the district, we also have cameras with real-time information, so that we can prevent the kinds of occurrences at schools. I mean, everyone, you're not allowed to have a gun and you're not allowed to have it at school. But now we can get first responders here immediately and we're increasing the number of schools that those are coming to. And they're here at West Mesa.Faith Egbuonu: Are there still talks of a special session?Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: I have the luxury of getting to decide. I don't usually decide it without talking to the leaders. So the fact that I am speaking to them gives them, I think, a sense that I haven't made up my mind. But I did. If you don't mind, I just leaned over to and said, we had a raw weekend in Albuquerque. I think there's more that we have to do. I'm still leaning on calling a special session. I can call a special session to show great work and really move it so that we can show New Mexicans, particularly, frankly, I'll be a bit political, during an election year, that we're doing all kinds of work. I can also call a special session because on that, I mean, I get that prerogative as the governor, we're not doing enough, and I don't see enough actions in the state. When you call a special session for either of those reasons, you likely get nothing in return. That's not fair to the New Mexicans, and it doesn't make any sense. I'm still leaning on calling it in all fairness. Related: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham considers special sessionThe reason I'm interested in calling it is still largely related to the two bills that I talked the most about, which is, there needs to be a vehicle in the court systems to make sure that competency is being addressed, because we have people who are not getting the right treatment.So, they re-offend over and over and over again. While we didn't get to it in a 30-day session, I'm increasingly aware that we don't have enough on the civil side. I can tell you that with the changes in the public health order where I have the power to get emergency money, it's not even about the effort to bring people together and have accountability measures.The legislature, which they don't get enough credit for, puts money away so that when we have real emergencies, gun violence, teen violence, crime is an emergency that allows us to declare and then have access immediately to resources. Not every state is as generous about that. More than 11,000 people in the public health order today, almost 12,000 have been identified as needing immediate serious addiction and behavioral health services.Just over half of those folks are engaged in getting those services. That means just under 50% are back out on the streets, creating risk that they cannot help and creating additional issues that are really damaging and difficult for public defenders, district attorney, judges, police officers, firefighters, neighborhoods, families, schools. And I think it's quite telling, we don't have enough. People are not getting the services that move the needle.And I'm worried about panhandling. The mayor budgets for plans for 80 pedestrian deaths annually. All right. That's just under seven on average a month. And if you look at where those are occurring, look no further than you're busy intersections, look no further than in central east Albuquerque. And if you add the complexity of panhandling in an area that we already cannot manage, we are increasing the risk to New Mexicans.And I don't understand why we're doing that. Just that issue alone, by making sure that our intersections are safe for drivers, for families, for pedestrians, seems to me that those three areas, as an example, are worthy of spending more time before the 60-day session. I expect to meet with the leadership soon and I expect to make that decision shortly thereafter. So, it's the decision I'm feeling is more eminent, but I have the luxury of deciding when I decide.Stay updated on the latest news updates with the KOAT app. You can download it here.