New Mexico County Becomes Gun ‘Sanctuary County’

By Tom Knighton

Progressives didn’t mean for this to happen. Not by a longshot.

They never meant for anyone else to embrace the idea of becoming jurisdictions where certain laws wouldn’t be enforced. When Democrat-controlled cities started doing that regarding immigration, they were probably convinced it was the best idea ever, and it would never backfire.

Meanwhile, gun rights supporters sat back and smile as these same progressives pushed for gun control. They knew it was time that what was good for the goose was good for the gander.

In New Mexico, most of the sheriffs of the state have already come out in opposition to proposed gun laws, but one county wasn’t going to leave its chief law enforcement officer high and dry.

A small county in eastern New Mexico declared itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County” on Wednesday in protest of pending gun control legislation in the state.

The Quay County Commission voted unanimously to pass the resolution, Albuquerque’s KRQE-TV reported.

The state’s House Republicans commended the move in a statement, saying they are proud of Quay County, with its population of about 10,000 citizens, for standing up for the rights of New Mexicans. Republican …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms