The state's top prosecutor, Attorney General Raúl Torrez, announced Tuesday that his office would not defend Gov. Grisham's temporary ban on firearms.
such as Torrez, who wrote in a letter to Grisham on Tuesday that his office will not defend the order.
"Simply put, I do not believe that the Emergency Order will have any meaningful impact on public safety but, more importantly, I do not believe it passes constitutional muster," the state's top prosecutor added.
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