Bloomberg Gun Control Group Trying To Oust Pro-Gun NM Democrats

Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety is targeting a pair of Democrat state senators in New Mexico ahead of next Tuesday’s primary, aiming to replace them with more reliable votes for gun control. The Albuquerque Journal reports that the anti-gun group is spending about $50,000 on mailers that attack Gabriel Ramos of Silver City and Clemente Sanchez of Grants for their votes against universal background checks and red flag laws over the past couple of legislative sessions.

Ramos, who was appointed to the Senate last year by Lujan Grisham, is running against Siah Correa Hemphill of Silver City in the Senate District 28 primary race.

And Sanchez, chairman of the Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee, is being challenged by fellow Democrat Pam Cordova of Rio Communities in Senate District 30.

Sanchez said Thursday he’s not a gun owner, but has due process concerns about the red flag gun law that, after taking effect this week, allows firearms to be temporarily taken from an individual deemed a danger to themselves or others.