Posted March 22, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

It was a pretty bold plan. Republicans in New Mexico sought to take the gun control fight to the next level. With all of the county officials who seemed to be vehemently opposed to these measures, there was a good chance that the people of those counties were also opposed.

So, they wanted the gun control bills on the ballot so those very same people could send a message. I mean, it could backfire, but the worst case scenario was to get the same gun control laws the state was going to end up with anyway.

Unfortunately, the Secretary of State for New Mexico rejected the petition.

A Republican-led attempt to recall a newly signed gun control law by statewide referendum hit a roadblock Thursday when the New Mexico Secretary of State denied a draft petition on grounds that it did not satisfy legal requirements.

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced Thursday the proposed petition failed to meet legal requirements on five grounds.

The petition, filed March 7 by New Mexico House of Representatives Minority Leader Rep. Jim Townsend (R-Artesia) and Minority Whip Rod Montoya (R-Farmington), seeks to repeal Senate Bill 8, which was passed and became law. The bill requires …Read the Rest

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