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Cervantes had successfully sponsored a 2020 red flag law making it easier for authorities to take weapons from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “An unconstitutional approach undermines the important collaboration gun issues deserve, and the important role of a Governor to lead genuine reforms,” Democratic state Sen. Grisham said she expects legal challenges but was compelled to act because of recent shootings, including the death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.(Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)Ī key legislative ally of the governor on gun control initiatives urged her to rescind the public health order. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days during a news conference in the Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. Lujan Grisham, a former congresswoman, began a second term in January and can’t run again immediately for another term. John Block of Alamogordo, representing a conservative stronghold in southern New Mexico. “My constituents have reached out to me in droves, emailing and texting me that this is insane, this is horrifying, this is unconstitutional,” said Republican state Rep. GOP state lawmakers also proposed initiating impeachment proceedings against the governor, a move that would require buy-in from the Democrats who control the Legislature. Critics denounced the order as an infringement on the gun rights of law-abiding citizens. “This ban does nothing to curb gun violence.”Ī gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit within 24 hours asking a court to block the order from taking effect, and other federal lawsuits followed. “It’s unconstitutional, so there’s no way we can enforce that order,” Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said during a news conference. The sheriff who oversees the county that includes New Mexico’s largest city, Albuquerque, vowed Monday not to enforce it, joining the county’s top prosecutor, and the Albuquerque mayor and city’s police chief. 8, issued an emergency public health order that suspends the open and permitted concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in the midst of a spate of gun violence. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Aug. Even some in her own party questioned the move. Since she issued the 30-day public health order on Friday, a furor has rained down from gun owners, state Republican lawmakers and civil rights advocates. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she would welcome a fight after announcing an emergency order to suspend the right to carry firearms in most public places around Albuquerque. (AP) - Federal lawsuits, cries for impeachment and outside protests.ĭemocratic New Mexico Gov.

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