“I don’t think it will be a political loss for (Lujan Grisham) to be overturned,” Levinson said. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to amend the U.S. But she pointed to a proposal by California Gov. Levinson said she was not aware of any other governor taking a step as restrictive as Lujan Grisham. The governor's order calls for monthly inspections of firearms dealers statewide to ensure compliance with gun laws and for the state Department of Health to compile a report on gunshot victims at hospitals that includes age, race, gender and ethnicity, along with the brand and caliber of firearm involved. Lujan Grisham said gun owners still would be able to transport guns to private locations such as a gun range or gun store if the firearm is in a container or has a trigger lock or mechanism making it impossible to discharge. Dan Lewis, who serves on the nonpartisan Albuquerque City Council, called the order an unconstitutional edict. The top Republican in the New Mexico Senate, Greg Baca of Belen, also denounced Lujan Grisham’s order as an infringement on the gun rights of law-abiding citizens. “She needs to be held accountable for stripping the God-given rights of millions away with the stroke of a pen,” he said in a statement announcing the lawsuit and request for a restraining order. “And we have a very conservative Supreme Court that is poised to expand Second Amendment rights,” Levinson added.ĭudley Brown, founder and president of the Colorado-based gun-rights group, called the governor's action unconstitutional. Levinson told The Associated Press Friday over the phone that Lujan Grisham would draw a court fight, saying the governor was “bumping up against the Second Amendment, no doubt about it." either openly or concealed,” the governor's order states. “No person, other than a law enforcement officer or licensed security officer, shall possess a firearm. The governor also cited the shooting death in August of a 13-year-old girl in Taos County. Lujan Grisham said she was was compelled to act following recent shootings including the death this week of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium and gunfire last month that killed a 5-year-old girl who was asleep in a motor home. 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.
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