Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Thursday, Sen. Joseph Cervantes called for “civility” and asked Senate Republicans to condemn a death threat against him, and the posting of his home address in the comments of an official Republican Party of New Mexico social media post he characterized as “a falsehood, and a lie.” The post in question referred to Senate Bill 279, which would prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, receipt or possession of gas-operated semi-automatic firearms, magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, and devices that convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic ones. Cervantes is not one of the bill’s five sponsors. The Republican website included his home address, with it’s associated GPS coordinates, and a suggestion that he’s treasonous and that the penalty for treason is death.
