News update for 9 September 2023: State Lawmakers Threaten New Mexico Gov. with Impeachment After Her 'Suspension' of Constitutional Rights
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Source: Santa Fe New Mexican
Governor bans carrying guns in Albuquerque after 11-year-old killed
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Source: Santa Fe New Mexican
Governor bans carrying guns in Albuquerque after 11-year-old killed
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces a public health emergency due to gun violence during a news conference Friday
at the state Capitol. "I have to take a tough, direct stand," she said, "or basically, I'm ignoring the fact that
we lost an 11-year-old." Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
By Nicholas Gilmore | September 8, 2023
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced a new public health order that, she said, will prohibit people from carrying firearms, either open or concealed, in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County for the next 30 days, regardless of whether they have a permit.
The order takes effect immediately. It states "no person, other than a law enforcement officer or licensed security officer, shall possess a firearm … either openly or concealed, within cities or counties averaging 1,000 or more violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year since 2021."
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, issued an executive order Thursday evening declaring gun violence a public health emergency. During a news conference Friday, she said she expects legal challenges to the new public health order and expressed uncertainty about whether the order would prevail in court.
The order currently applies only to the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, Lujan Grisham said, and can only be enforced not by local authorities but by New Mexico State Police, whose presence in the state's largest city would be "significant" over the next month.
Violating the order would likely be a misdemeanor, Lujan Grisham said, and it will not apply to private property or at a licensed gun dealer or shooting range. While traveling, the order states, firearms must be locked in a container or with a trigger lock.
Please go to Santa Fe New Mexican to continue reading.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced a new public health order that, she said, will prohibit people from carrying firearms, either open or concealed, in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County for the next 30 days, regardless of whether they have a permit.
The order takes effect immediately. It states "no person, other than a law enforcement officer or licensed security officer, shall possess a firearm … either openly or concealed, within cities or counties averaging 1,000 or more violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year since 2021."
Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, issued an executive order Thursday evening declaring gun violence a public health emergency. During a news conference Friday, she said she expects legal challenges to the new public health order and expressed uncertainty about whether the order would prevail in court.
The order currently applies only to the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, Lujan Grisham said, and can only be enforced not by local authorities but by New Mexico State Police, whose presence in the state's largest city would be "significant" over the next month.
Violating the order would likely be a misdemeanor, Lujan Grisham said, and it will not apply to private property or at a licensed gun dealer or shooting range. While traveling, the order states, firearms must be locked in a container or with a trigger lock.
Please go to Santa Fe New Mexican to continue reading.
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