NRA secretly worked with sheriffs who refuse to enforce gun laws
By Oliver Willis -
May 21, 2019
Extremist gun groups pushing to break the law had the NRA's help, a new reports reveals.
Reuters reported on Monday that the gun safety group Brady Campaign uncovered 1,600 documents, including email conversations, between the NRA and New Mexico sheriff Tony Mace, head of the New Mexico Sheriffs Association (NMSA). The documents show the NRA coordinating with the extremist group of sheriffs to ignore and subvert laws designed to keep people safe from gun violence.
While the NRA has often opposed popular new gun-safety proposals with the excuse that there are already laws on the books, this recent report shows the NRA interacting with a group subverting gun laws despite claiming to support existing legislation.
"The NRA was actively involved in the NMSA's efforts in drafting the (sanctuary) Declaration; recruiting sheriffs to lobby state and political politicians to oppose the GVP (gun-violence prevention) bills and to adopt so-called Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolutions; and encouraging sheriffs to not enforce state laws," the Brady Campaign told Reuters.
NMSA is one of several sheriff's groups that are part of the so-called "Second Amendment sanctuary" movement, known to push the idea that local sheriffs can ignore gun laws they disagree with.
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