Advocates Call For Resignations In Ruidoso Gun Ban

From KOAT-TV.com - RUIDOSO, N.M. -- Gun advocates are calling for the Ruidoso mayor and village attorney to resign after the two defended a new executive order banning guns in village property. Advocates from Ruidoso, Roswell, Alamogordo, Eunice and even Virginia crowded a village council meeting Tuesday to express anger at Mayor Ray Alborn's order. Alborn made the order after Ruidoso resident Tony Seno showed up at a council meeting in July wearing a pistol and was asked to remove it. Alborn said the ban only applied to village buildings and was meant to protect village employees and residents. But Ruidoso resident Carl Kelley Jr. warned that the village faced lawsuits. In 1986, New Mexico residents voted to amend the state constitution forbidding local regulation of firearms. Read more
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