![]() 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. 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.”
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