Outside the public library in Albuquerque's International District is a memorial mural for victims of shootings. Local police call the neighborhood the"War Zone" because of the frequency of shootings.Outside the public library in Albuquerque's International District is a memorial mural for victims of shootings. Local police call the neighborhood the"War Zone" because of the frequency of shootings.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Sept.
Lujan Grisham soon narrowed the ban to apply only to parks and playgrounds, and a federal court has allowed that to stand while legal challenges move forward. But the political damage is done, says Zac Fort of the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association. "I had my kid here for football practice — he's 12," Baker says."And people decided to come have a rolling gun-and-stabbing battle within feet of where he was practicing. And it caused a person to be shot. And the ages of those folks were 13, 14 and 15."
"It's been too embedded in our community — with gun violence and felons with warrants that aren't being picked up — for too long," says Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen."So we're sending a message and making sure we're getting them in jail.""I think there's a lot more guns out there," says an undercover state police sergeant, whose name NPR is withholding because ID'ing him could compromise his work.
"I don't think that was her intent," says Miranda Viscoli, co-president of the group New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence."I think her intent was heartfelt. There's too much gun violence in this city, and open and concealed carry is not making us any safer."