![]() Department of Justice police reform settlement. Police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said enforcing the order also could put Albuquerque police in a difficult position with a U.S. Medina noted that Albuquerque police made more than 200 arrests of suspects in killings in the last two years. “I am wary of placing my deputies in positions that could lead to civil liability conflicts,” Allen said, “as well as the potential risks posed by prohibiting law-abiding citizens from their constitutional right to self-defense.” “This office will continue to focus on criminals of any age that use guns in the commission of a crime.”īernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said he was uneasy about how gun owners might respond. “As an officer of the court, I cannot and will not enforce something that is clearly unconstitutional,” said Bregman, the top prosecutor in the Albuquerque area. She said state police would be responsible for enforcing what amount to civil violations and carry a fine of up to $5,000.īernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, who once served as a Democratic party leader and was appointed by Lujan Grisham, on Saturday joined Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Police Chief Harold Medina saying they wouldn’t enforce the order. The governor, a Democrat, said the 30-day suspension, enacted as an emergency public health measure, would apply in most public places, from city sidewalks to parks. The challenge was expected, but even so, the governor’s action Friday was an attempt to “move the debate,” said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount’s Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, after Lujan Grisham announced that she was temporarily suspending the right to carry firearms in her state’s largest city and surrounding Bernalillo County. ![]() District Court in New Mexico suing Lujan Grisham and seeking an immediate block to the implementation of her order. The National Association for Gun Rights and Foster Haines, a member who lives in Albuquerque, filed documents in U.S. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque drew an immediate court challenge from a gun-rights group Saturday, as legal scholars and advocates said they expected. Supreme Court last year expanded the right of law-abiding Americans to carry guns in public for self-defense. Law professors say the Democratic governor’s order is certain to raise Second Amendment questions. Police and licensed security guards are exempt. She said it would last at least 30 days in her state’s largest city and surrounding Bernalillo County. Legal scholars and advocates predicted there would be lawsuits after Lujan Grisham announced the suspension Friday. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque has drawn an immediate court challenge Saturday from a gun-rights group. 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) ![]() 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.
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