ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A nonprofit that pushes for gun-control laws nationwide says it has sent letters to numerous New Mexico sheriffs, asking them to provide records related to their opposition to state gun-control legislation.
The Brady Center says it requested emails from the sheriffs Wednesday under the state records act, with specific demands for potential communication among sheriffs and gun-lobby representatives.
More than two dozen sheriffs have declared they will not enforce gun-control laws approved by the Legislature this year. Those reforms include mandatory requirements for background checks on private firearms sales. Rural sheriffs who oppose the law argue it’s unenforceable and threatens to violate their constituents’ constitutional rights.
Attorney Jonathon Lowy, of the Brady Center, says a reason his group is seeking the sheriffs’ email communication is to learn “what possible basis” they have for declaring they won’t enforce the laws.
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