CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to reflect that State Police officers were in attendance at Old Town to monitor the protest.
Bob Hurtado had never attended a protest in his life until Sunday.
Rally in ABQ Old Town for gun rights
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces a controversial executive order in September suspending Second Amendment rights in Bernalillo County. Republicans are introducing legislation to provide checks and balances to executive orders and rules unilaterally imposed by the governor.
A man walks with a sign that reads “EVEN GOVERNORS CANNOT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION” at a Second Amendment rally in September at Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque.
A sign at Sunday’s rally that reads “IMPEACH MLG.”
An estimated 100-150 people attended a Second Amendment rally on Sept. 10 at Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque in response to a public health order from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that suspended the concealed and open carry of guns in and around Albuquerque.
A large group of people gathered at Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque on Sunday to protest Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recent emergency order suspending the carrying of concealed and open firearms.
A group of protestors comfort a man who spoke at the rally about alternative methods to preventing gun violence at a Second Amendment protest on Sunday, Sep. 10, 2023 at the Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque.
A man displays a open carry firearm at a Second Amendment Protest in response to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's recent public health order suspending the conceal and open carry of guns in and around Albuquerque for 30-days on Sunday, Sep. 10, 2023 at Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque
The speakers at Sunday’s rally called the Governor’s emergency order a violation of their Second Amendment rights.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a 30-day ban on carrying guns in Bernalillo County during a Sept. 8 news conference, basing the firearms ban on her emergency powers. Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, right, told the governor directly he would not enforce it. The governor has since backed off the ban that law enforcement leaders said was unconstitutional.
Former State Police Chief Pete Kassetas, left, at a news conference Friday with Deputy Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Public Safety Benjamin Baker, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen announcing an order to address gun violence.
Protestors listen to speakers at a Second Amendment protest on Sunday, Sep. 10, 2023 at the Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque.