UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR LONNA ATKESON SAYS CULTURAL ISSUES HAVE COME TO THE FOREFRONT DURING THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION. GUN CONTROL IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES, PROMPTING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COUNTIES TO PASS SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTIONS. ATKESON SAYS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A FIGHT WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. MOST OF THE COUNTIES EMBRACING THE SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTION ARE HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC.
MANY OF NEW MEXICO’S SHERIFFS OPPOSE STRICTER BACKGROUND CHECKS ON GUN PURCHASES…SAYING IT WON’T DO ANYTHING TO REDUCE CRIME.
