The Farmington Daily Times reports the Aztec City Commission voted 3-2 Tuesday against a resolution declaring Aztec a preservation city for the Second Amendment.
Police ushered commissioners into a side room and asked people to leave after some attendees began hurling insults and demanding a recall election.
Several New Mexico counties and cities have recently made similar declarations in response to gun control measures.
A new law requires mandatory background checks on nearly all firearms sales.
A bill that would keep people under protective orders for domestic violence from possessing firearms awaits the governor’s signature.