Primary elections in New Mexico won't take place until June 5, but Democratic candidates in the races for Governor and Land Commissioner are already embracing radical gun control measures and proudly touting their anti-freedom records in Congress and the Roundhouse in their campaigns.

In the Democratic primary for governor, Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham touts her record of co-sponsoring key gun control measures as a member of the U.S House and joining part in the 26-hour congressional sit-in to demand action on such bills. Her campaign’s "Action Plan to Combat New Mexico Gun Violence" contains a host of gun control proposals to restrict your rights, which includes:

  • Banning semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines;
  • Prohibiting the private sale or transfer of lawfully-owned firearms unless conducted through a federal firearm licensed dealer (FFL), involving extensive paperwork, undetermined cost and time; and
  • Directing the study of “gun violence” prevention strategies by the New Mexico Department of Health. (The most recent example of an activist state agency advocating gun control includes their neighbors over at the Department of Human Services, which recently presented recommendations to a legislative committee that included “universal background checks for all firearms transactions,” “limits on access to high-capacity magazines & assault-style weaponry,” and “removal or clarification of language in the Affordable Care Act censoring discussion about the presence of firearms in homes with children between physicians and families.”)

In the primary for Land Commissioner, a job which has a direct hand in issues affecting access by hunters, trappers and anglers to State Trust Land, Democratic State Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard from Los Alamos is campaigning on her sponsorship of House Bills 50 and 548 from the 2017 Legislative Session. Those ineffective, intrusive and unenforceable measures would have criminalized the private transfer or loan, even temporarily, of firearms between law-abiding individuals unless conducted through an FFL. Neither bill received a vote by the full New Mexico House of Representatives due to vocal and intense opposition from gun owners, rural and agricultural groups, veterans’ organizations and the law enforcement community.

Garcia Richard also currently has a video posted on her website where she brags that she “stood up against the NRA and out-of-state special interests,” which must not include New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and his national gun control organizations, who bankrolled the unsuccessful effort for passage of HB 50 and HB 548.

Keep in mind that in New Mexico, only registered party members can participate in a political party's primary election. If you have friends, family or fellow firearm owners who are registered Democrats, be sure to educate them on where these candidates stand on issues affecting law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen. Don't let them be fooled by the double-talk the candidates are using about "bipartisan solutions" and "common-sense gun reforms". This is about gun control – plain and simple.

And if you care about the future of your Second Amendment rights in New Mexico, keep these candidates' positions in mind after the primaries if they move forward to the General Election in November!

From NRA Political Victory Fund

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