Posted April 10, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Tensions are heating up in New Mexico as most of the sheriffs in the state have said they’re not interested in enforcing pending anti-gun legislation. As law enforcement officers routinely have a bit of discretion in enforcing laws–ever had a police officer let you walk on a ticket?–it’s not particularly unusual. Also, since sheriffs are elected officials, they’re at least somewhat bound to the will of their constituents, so their defiance makes sense.

However, the attorney general demanded they carry out the will of the petty tyrants in the state legislature and not the will of the people who voted for them.

NEW MEXICO’S ATTORNEY general has warned sheriffs and police chiefs across the state that they must enforce new gun laws or risk legal liability.

New legislation, which will take effect this summer, requires background checks for all gun sales, even those between two individuals. Law enforcement leaders throughout the state opposed the measure as it was being debated in the legislature, and some said they would not enforce the law, according to The Albuquerque Journal.

Attorney General Hector Balderas’ warning comes after at least 26 New Mexico counties passed “Second Amendment sanctuary” resolutions in opposition to guns …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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