LA not expected to join gun sanctuary movement

Los Alamos County is not expected to join the growing number of counties declaring sanctuary against a spate of gun control legislation sought by state lawmakers. Los Alamos County Sheriff Joseph Granville, a Democrat, said Tuesday the county would not have any comment about whether the county supported a sanctuary resolution. “The reason is that those counties with those sheriffs have the ability to enforce laws and our very peculiar set up considering that the county is fully incorporated and the police handle all of the law enforcement. It is not appropriate for me to comment on that in our office,” Granville said. Los Alamos County Council Chair Sara Scott said the council had not discussed the idea of passing a gun sanctuary resolution. “There’s been no discussion of that,” Scott said. “I haven’t heard from constituents or anybody else regarding that topic. No.” New Mexico House Republicans said they supported the 29 sheriffs who were standing up against gun legislation in Santa Fe. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took to Twitter to attack the sheriffs Tuesday. “I’m not daunted by obstacles, whether it’s NRA propaganda, rogue sheriffs throwing a childish pity party or bad-faith critics. Legislative leaders and I will continue to fight the scourge of gun violence in our communities,” Lujan Grisham tweeted. “If 88% of our Sheriffs only counts as ‘a few,’ then the Governor is out-of-touch at best, deceitful at worst,” said House Minority Leader Jim Townsend (R-Artesia). “Thousands across New Mexico are filling county commission meetings to stand against her bills, I guess they’re ‘rogue’ too.” As of Tuesday, 21 New Mexico County Commissions had adopted resolutions to declare themselves Second Amendment Sanctuary Counties, adopting sanctuary resolutions that say they will not require local sheriffs to enforce a series of gun-control proposals sought by state

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