The "Prairie Fire" of New Mexico "Second Amendment Sanctuary Counties"

Gun rights, traditionally and constitutionally, are very important to citizens of New Mexico. So much so, over half of the state's counties* have adopted resolutions declaring themselves a "Second Amendment Sanctuary County". More are about to adopt similar resolutions. The "sanctuary county" movement is spreading through the state like a prairie fire.

This is due to the radial left's drive (fueled by money from leftist Michael Bloomberg) to shove gun control legislation down the peoples' throats in the state capital of Santa Fe. 

Basically, county sheriffs and county governing bodies are having none of it and are telling the Democrats in Santa Fe to shove their legislation up their asses.

The Silver City Daily Press wrote:

TUCUMCARI — Back when this Eastern New Mexico town was founded as a tent city in 1901, it was unofficially known as “Ragtown.” Another nickname — “Six Shooter Siding” — later emerged, reportedly because of the large number of gunfights that took place there. 

“Six Shooter Siding” would be used by a saloon on Old Route 66. Today, like many old commercial establishments in Tucumcari, Six Shooter Siding is boarded up. And it’s been at least a century or so since the town was renowned for gun violence. 

Still, firearms and the right to bear them are important to people in the community. 

“It’s a tradition, a way of life,” Quay County Sheriff Russell Shafer said in an interview last week. 

With that as the backdrop, it wasn’t very surprising earlier this month when the Quay County Commission voted unanimously for a resolution, requested by Shafer, affirming the right of the sheriff “to not enforce any unconstitutional firearms law against any citizen.” 

The nonbinding resolution — spurred by controversial gun-control legislation making its way through the Legislature — says the commission “will not authorize or appropriate government funds, resources, employees, agencies, contractors, buildings, detention centers or offices for the purposes of enforcing law that unconstitutionally infringes on the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” 

The “Second Amendment sanctuary county” concept, fanned by some sheriffs and spreading to New Mexico county commissions like prairie fire, was borrowed from activists who for several years have convinced some local governments to declare themselves “sanctuary cities” for undocumented immigrants — meaning local law enforcement won’t help federal officers arrest those whose only crime is being in the country illegally.

Although the Democrats have taken control of the governor's office and the state legislature in the last election (the airwaves were flooded with attack smear ads funded by outsider leftist groups), with the exception of metropolitan counties, New Mexico is more of a "purple state" with rural counties having "red state" leanings on issues such a the right to keep and bear arms. 

Unlike California, dubbed Commiefornia by some (including me), New Mexico has a viable opposition to liberal Democrats and their wacko policies. 

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*As of February 26, 17 Counties and 3 municipalities have become Second Amendment sanctuaries. There are 33 counties in New Mexico.