{"id":2029062,"date":"2023-09-12T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-sheriff-refuses-to-enforce-governors-gun-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:06:45","slug":"new-mexico-sheriff-refuses-to-enforce-governors-gun-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-sheriff-refuses-to-enforce-governors-gun-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"NM Sheriff Defies Governor&#8217;s Gun Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-mexico-sheriff-refuses-to-enforce-governors-gun-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>A Sheriff&#8217;s Stand\u2064 Against Gun Ban<\/h2>\n<p>A <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">New Mexico<\/span> sheriff on \u200dMonday refused to enforce Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham&#8217;s ban on the \u200bright to carry\u2062 firearms in the state&#8217;s largest city and the surrounding county, saying it was unconstitutional and could spark political violence.<\/p>\n<h3>Curbing Shootings<\/h3>\n<p>In response to the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-michelle-lujan-grisham-bans-firearm-carry-in-albuquerque-for-30-days-to-curb-gun-violence\/\" title=\"Gov. Grisham bans gun carry in Albuquerque for 30 days to combat violence.\">recent shooting deaths<\/a> of\u2064 children, Lujan Grisham, \u2063a Democrat, on\u200d Friday \u200cimposed the 30-day \u200bsuspension of the right to carry guns, either concealed or openly, in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County in a bid to curb shootings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-sheriff-refuses-to-enforce-governors-gun-ban\/\" title=\"NM Sheriff Defies Governor's Gun Ban\">move enraged gun-rights proponents<\/a> across the \u200cUnited States. At a rally on Sunday in downtown Albuquerque, protesters openly carried\u2062 rifles and pistols.<\/p>\n<h3>Sheriff&#8217;s\u2064 Concern<\/h3>\n<p>Bernalillo \u200cCounty sheriff\u2064 John Allen said\u2063 he did not want to endanger his deputies by making them enforce the ban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This order will not do anything\u200b to curb gun\u2063 violence other than punish law-abiding \u2062citizens who have a constitutional right to self-defense,&#8221; Allen said\u200c at a press briefing.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition and Public Health Emergency<\/h3>\n<p>Some Democrats, including Rep. Ted Lieu of\u200c California, also voiced opposition to the order as a violation of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to bear firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Lujan Grisham last week declared gun violence a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: 'We Have 2-4 Hour Lines' Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">public health emergency<\/a> after an 11-year-old\u2062 boy was shot dead in Albuquerque, apparently in an \u200cact of road rage. Albuquerque has suffered \u2064record numbers of homicides two years running.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal Challenge and Enforcement<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2063 second-term governor\u2062 said concealed and open carry of firearms were state laws she had jurisdiction over, giving her the right to issue \u2064a civil order \u200bto address a rise in gun violence \u2064across \u2062the state. Her order was immediately challenged in U.S.\u2064 district court by\u200d a Colorado gun rights group.<\/p>\n<p>Albuquerque police chief Harold Medina said state police, rather than his \u200bofficers, would be responsible\u2062 for civil\u2063 violations\u2062 of the order which carry a fine of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">New Mexico<\/span> State Police has not issued any\u200b citations, \u200cspokesman Ray Wilson\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Andrew Hay; editing by Lincoln Feast.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Mexico sheriff defies Governor Lujan Grisham&#8217;s ban on carrying firearms in the state&#8217;s largest city and county, deeming it unconstitutional and potentially inciting political violence. The ban was implemented by the Democrat governor in response to recent child shooting deaths. 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