People adjusting to open carry in New Mexico
of handguns is the law of the land in texas now. its been that way for decades in new mexico. but even there, people are still adjusting to the law. abc-7’s josie ortegon is live from our new mexico mobile newsroom. jamie? rick, estela. bryan cain feels strongly about his right to carry and he wants everyone to know about it too: mos: “i would feel a little off about that like what is this guy doing walking around.” “i wouldn’t like that for the community in anthony.” “for a lot of people in this area, it’s bad seeing that around here.” cain sot- “my biggest questio that people ask me is hey is that even legal?” brian cain is drawing attention for shouldering his shotgun everyday when he walks the streets of anthony. 08:05:01 “i want to be prepared for that situation in case someone does and they don’t know how to use it.” open carry is the law in mexico. but not everyone knows that. pd sot-“we’ve taken a number of calls of people. the officers that took the calls have to tell people it’s an open carry state and that it’s perfectly legal because a lot of people don’t understand that.” stand-up “cain says h knows the law, he abides by it and he doesn’t leave home without his shotgun unless he’s going to a restricted place. he says people who carry openly aren’t bad guys.” 8:05:23-:39 “a criminal is no going to tell you if they’re carrying or not…they’re gonna do what they want to do.” chief bac says it’s illegal to brandish a weapon. something cain says he experienced for the first time this week when he was walking along main steet. he says a man drove by, rolled down his window and waved a pistol at him, then drove off. “it could’v ended very different. but thank god it didn’t. cain filed a police report and says he’s more alert. “it kind of frightens me it’s not going to deter me from open carry but it’s something i look out for now.” chief baca says its unclear if the man did brandish his weapon and what his intentions were. jo, abc.7 el paso’s county hospital on the city’s southside is about to see a major
