Posted March 5, 2019 3:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Ever since New Mexico decided to push for more gun control, namely universal background checks, there have been sheriffs in the state who are standing defiant. They have vowed to not enforce the laws being proposed, issuing a warning to lawmakers.

Of course, lawmakers have opted to ignore those warnings.

Yet, I’ve said from the start that a law that is unenforced is a law that doesn’t really exist except as words on a page. It seems that others share that opinion.

Mandatory background checks for most gun transfers, court-ordered seizures of firearms, and the denial of self-defense rights to those convicted of domestic violence offenses feature in the bills moving through the state legislature. The measure requiring background checks for all gun transfers, except between close family members and cops, seems to have excited the greatest opposition.

“The gun-related measures have drawn opposition from all but a few of the state’s 33 county sheriffs,” the Albuquerque Journal notes. “In addition, at least 24 counties have passed ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ ordinances in opposition to the legislation pending at the Roundhouse.” The Quay County resolution, as an example, dedicated county officials “to support decisions by our Sheriff to not enforce …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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