Local police seemed hesitant to enforce Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s order, by which violators could face civil penalties and a fine of up to $5,000.
The governor of New Mexico issued an emergency order on Friday banning the open and concealed carry of guns in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County for 30 days following a series of shootings across the state.
But both Albuquerque police Chief Harold Medina and Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said they are hesitant to enforce the order, with Medina outright refusing to do so, according to the“I welcome the debate and fight about how to make New Mexicans safer,” Lujan Grisham said at a news conference.
In issuing the order, Lujan Grisham pointed to numerous recent gun violence deaths in Albuquerque, including an 11-year-old killed outside a minor league baseball stadium from a suspected road rage incident and a 5-year-old murdered while asleep in a mobile home.
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