New Mexico governor signs red-flag gun bill, tells sheriffs to enforce it or resign

by MORGAN LEE (Associated Press)

Thu, February 27th 2020, 5:21 PM UTC

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, right foreground, signed legislation Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, that allows state district courts to order the temporary surrender of firearms. Advocates for gun control, left background, looked on as Lujan Grisham urged sheriffs to resign if they refuse to enforce the new red-flag gun law that can temporarily remove guns from people that may pose an immediate safety threat to themselves of others. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a red-flag gun bill Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M., that allows state district courts to order the temporary surrender of firearms. The Democratic governor urged sheriffs to resign if they refuse to enforce the new law that can temporarily remove guns from people that may pose an immediate safety threat to themselves of others. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Middle school teacher and New Mexico state Rep. Joy Garratt of Albuquerque, left, attends a signing ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M., for a red-flag gun bill that she co-sponsored, alongside Aztec city Police Chief Mike Heal. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the legislation that will allow state district courts to order the temporary surrender of firearms, and she urged sheriffs to resign if they refuse to enforce it. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, right foreground, signed legislation Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, that allows state district courts to order the temporary surrender of firearms. Advocates for gun control, left background, looked on as Lujan Grisham urged sheriffs to resign if they refuse to enforce the new red-flag gun law that can temporarily remove guns from people that may pose an immediate safety threat to themselves of others. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

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