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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham made passage of a “red flag” firearms seizure bill her top priority for the 30-day legislative session this year, and after several close votes, a bill has made it to her desk over the objections of most of the state’s sheriffs and the rank-and-file of the state’s largest police force. Several counties in the state are also formally opposing the measure, including Chaves County in the eastern part of the state, where commissioners voted Thursday to approve a resolution in opposition to the bill.
hundreds of residents poured into the Chaves County Commission chambers as the commission made clear their opposition to the law. “This just violates too many constitutional rights for us to even enforce,” said Chaves County Sheriff Mike Herrington.
Herrington has been very vocal about his objection to the ‘red flag’ gun bill which would allow law enforcement to petition a court to take away a person’s guns if they are deemed a threat to themselves or others.
Herrington presented a petition to the commissioners signed by hundreds of residents who stand opposed to the red flag bill, and many of them were in attendance at the meeting, eager to see their local officials send a message to the governor. The Sheriff says he can’t uphold a law he feels is unconstitutional and residents are backing him up.