Governor calling sheriffs 'rogue' and having 'pity parties'
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took to Twitter after gun control bill passed another committee.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took to Twitter after gun control bill passed another committee.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took to Twitter after gun control bill passed another committee.
Twenty New Mexican counties are now considered Second Amendment Sanctuary counties.
Tuesday, commissioners with Rio Arriba, Sierra and Harding counties passed the resolution.
At the same time, Senate Bill 8, which would expand background checks, cleared another committee at the Legislature.
The bill caused Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to take to Twitter, writing “a few law enforcement officers in this state have been making noise about how they won’t enforce gun safety measures because they don’t like them. That’s not how laws work, of course, and it’s not how oaths of office work either. But let’s move past that.”
She went on to say, “opponents of firearm safety measures can’t debate on the factual merits of these bills, so they turn to hyperbole, falsehood and fear-mongering. Thus, we now have a few “sanctuary” counties – political posturing & dangerous, cynical pandering.”
At one point, the governor called some sheriffs in our state 'rogue'. “I’m not daunted by obstacles, whether it’s NRA propaganda, rogue sheriffs throwing a childish pity party or bad-faith critics. Legislative leaders and I will continue to fight the scourge of gun violence in our communities," she said on Twitter.
Her tweets caused the New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association president, Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace, to send out this statement.
“As the president of the New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association, we do not believe this type of dialog is productive or appropriate. However, we are committed as duly elected sheriffs to take the lead role in facilitating the discussions in our communities and pledge to collaborate at all levels with those stakeholders to identify and work towards solutions for the complex issue of violence.”