"Malevolent Michelle" Lujan Grisham Signs "Red Flag" Bill and Tells Sheriffs To Enforce It Or Resign

Above, New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association President Tony Mace addresses the
 January 31 Second Amendment Rally at the Roundhouse. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Governor "Malevolent Michelle" Lujan Grisham signed the "red flag" bill into law today.

While doing so, she said that sheriffs who refuse to enforce it should resign. That's funny, the sheriffs and their counties gave Grisham and her Democrat-controlled legislature notice almost a year ago when they passed resolutions declaring that any such law passed is unconstitutional and, therefore, unenforceable and declared themselves "Second Amendment Sanctuaries". Grisham and the Democrats went ahead passed and signed the "red flag" anyway.

Above, New Mexico 2A Sanctuary Counties (in green).

According to the Washington Times:

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a red-flag gun bill Tuesday that will allow state district courts to order the temporary surrender of firearms, and she urged sheriffs to resign if they still refuse to enforce it. 

Flanked by advocates for stricter gun control and supportive law enforcement officials at a signing ceremony, Lujan Grisham said the legislation provides law enforcement authorities with an urgently needed tool to deter deadly violence by taking firearms from people who pose a threat to themselves or others. 

Some sheriffs from mostly rural areas opposed the bill in committee hearings as a violation of constitutional guarantees to due process, free speech and the right to bear arms. Public rallies were held for and against the legislation. 

Lujan Grisham said sheriffs should have the opportunity to oppose any recommended policy change, but “they cannot not enforce.” 

“”If they really intend to do that, they should resign as a law enforcement officer and leader in that community,” she said. 

New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association President Tony Mace of Cibola County said the new law goes too far by potentially impounding guns before any crime is committed and that he and other sheriffs will assert their discretion over its enforcement. 

“We don’t work for the governor, we don’t work for the Legislature,” he said. “We work for the people that elected us into office.”

Sheriff Mace posted a message to Grisham on Facebook, "Re-read the U.S Constitution as well as the New Mexico Constitution. See you in court!"

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