New Mexicans Against Gun Violence (NMPGBV) really don't like guns. In fact, they'll go door-to-door to take guns from law-abiding citizens in exchange for gift cards.
You know, in the name of safety and gun control laws.
Except -- unsurprisingly -- they either didn't know the laws in New Mexico, or didn't care, because their little program seems to have violated them.
Do Gun Laws Apply to Gun Control Organizations in New Mexico?
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 20, 2023
https://t.co/H4flE9J4eV
Apparently in New Mexico, it is acceptable to break gun control laws if the actions of the organizations benefit Governor Lujan’s plan to disarm New Mexicans. Recently, an organization called New Mexicans Against Gun Violence (NMPGV) violated New Mexico law by going door to door in Farmington and asked residents to volunteer to relinquish ownership of their firearms in exchange for gift cards. Initially partnered with the Farmington Police Department, the event was cancelled as it bypassed a city council decision for approval.
Despite the cancellation, NMPGV took to the neighborhoods with $26,000 worth of gift cards and previously published offers of $100 gift cards for long guns & pistols, $200 for semi-automatic handguns and rifles or a $250 gift card for “assault weapons”. During a radio interview, Miranda Viscoli, President of NMPGV, said that 9 firearms were surrendered and posted one photo across multiple social media platforms, showing five rifles from one home. She also stated that the non-profit typically has assistance from law enforcement to conduct the required background checks; however, law enforcement did not participate and NMPGV unlawfully took possession of the firearms.
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So -- when does NMPGV face consequences for violating gun laws? Seeing as, you know, they find guns so dangerous they can't be in the hands of law-abiding citizens?
I can’t say how much I enjoy seeing how much this group has blown up this week.
— Matthew Gooden (@MattGoodenPhD) December 21, 2023
Make popcorn, because it's very, very entertaining.
Trust me, all us gun owners are vey very curious to know https://t.co/0KMBAEkIuY
— Trevor Zantos (@usgeneral25) December 20, 2023
Yes, we gun owners are very curious to see what happens here.
My new piece in @townhallcom about @NMPGVnow breaking New Mexico state gun control laws the organization pushed to pass.#2A #guncontrol https://t.co/8kA77uCTJF
— Kerry Slone (@thereal_SnS) December 20, 2023
This is excellent reporting. Where's the rest of the media on this?
😂😂😂😂😂 I'm so glad they did this, because it shows that what we've been saying about them all along. How many other groups got away with it in previous years. How many are skirting laws to achieve this. Sooo many questions and no answers https://t.co/rPZ2jfOEqd
— Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted /-\ (@TheLuthorz) December 20, 2023
We're positive this isn't the first group to flout gun laws, and they won't be the last.
Who will hold them accountable?
Where are the leftists screaming about saving one life?
This is rich:
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 22, 2023
Door-to-door gun buy-back group, trading gift certificates for private weapons, violated gun transfer laws in NM. 🤦♂️ https://t.co/lVtWISdw2M
'Rich' doesn't begin to describe it.
Our irony meter broke reading this story.
The Left is -- as always -- the party of 'do as we say, not as we do.'
Wanna take bets on if they're going to strickly adhere to the "nobody's above the law" lie that they like to prattle on about??
— Axiomatic Enemy of the State (@DeTocqueville14) December 22, 2023
We're guessing they'll, miraculously, be above the law.
Because this time it's (D)ifferent.
Remember the governor of New Mexico banned guns in Albuquerque and declared guns a 'public health emergency' (something she renewed in November, 'cause the Left never lets a crisis go to waste).
The entire gun banner ethos can be summed up as "laws for thee, not for me". It's why Michael Bloomberg and Shannon Watts can walk around with armed security while advocating against the right-to-carry.
— Assault Clip, #2A Voter (@assaultclip) December 22, 2023
It's why the Obama administration can blame American gun owners for gun…
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It's why the Obama administration can blame American gun owners for gun violence in Mexico while allowing the government to traffic firearms to Mexican cartels.It's why the Biden admin is handing out actual weapons of war to Ukraine like it's Halloween candy while banning Americans from owning the most popular and least criminally abused firearms: semi-auto, magazine-fed rifles.
All perfectly valid, and correct, points.
The Left doesn't want you to have guns. Ukraine? Mexican cartels? The IRS? Their private security? It's fine if they have guns.
Just not you. Because your rights, your safety, your life isn't as important as theirs.
As a citizen of NM, I demand that these people be prosectued to the fullest extent of the law. My guess is, the sellers will be but the buyers will not because they favor gun control. Just sayin'.
— J Slate Nielsen (@TheIgnorantHick) December 22, 2023
Could you imagine the outrage if the state goes after the people who sold the guns and not the gun control organization that broke the law?
That would be torches and pitchforks time.
Miranda Viscoli deserves to be in jail. Either apply the law equally or abolish it. https://t.co/Min6abC7QF
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) December 22, 2023
Exactly. If you don't enforce the laws equally, the law is neutered and pointless.
Hey @GovMLG, you going to prosecute these lawbreakers? https://t.co/oU8dilCDsd
— Roger (@Roger247_) December 22, 2023
Smart money says 'no', because some people are, in fact, above the law.
I’m willing to bet a paycheck that “intent” will magically start to matter again. https://t.co/KZEUM86sGC
— Marty (@martyguthrie) December 23, 2023
Intent and ignorance of the law will suddenly matter again.
In case you haven't figured out by now, a lot of Leftists/Progressives quite literally don't know the laws concerning firearms. https://t.co/T2rxQZ3Ehc
— Carolina Lion (@CarolinaLion2) December 22, 2023
No, they don't.
And they don't enforce the laws already on the books, which leads to more crime, and then they demand those who have committed no crime forfeit their rights in the name of 'safety.'
They are clowns. Lawbreaking clowns.
Gun control group violates gun transfer laws.
— 🐊 Filthy Heathen Kirk 🐊 (@HeathenKirk) December 22, 2023
Nothing happens. https://t.co/fGnBVcGfPi
Pretty much sums it up.
I hope they get prosecuted to the fullest extent.
— Vincent La 🇺🇸🌵 (@elvicentela) December 22, 2023
They advocated for those laws, so they should abide by them. https://t.co/aYUn13uEzM
But the Left never thinks their rules should be applied to them. They meltdown when they are held to the rules they force on everyone else.
So, they want to “close the background check loopholes” 🙄🙄🙄 yet they also want you to sell them your firearm without doing a background check on the buyers first?
— FreedomKat1974 (@FreedomKiki28) December 22, 2023
Nope. https://t.co/WTDhCaTL5f
It's a big, giant nope from us, too.
Gun control advocates break gun laws. Their altruism should mean they want to be prosecuted, correct? https://t.co/JOo6WvKMek
— Todd St. John (@mt_stjohn) December 22, 2023
But they meant well! That should count for something!
Or at least that's the argument they'll use.
If leftists needed an incentive for opposing gun control, it's that they'd be the ones who have trouble obeying the law. https://t.co/tZCR5h2g9G
— Agent Max Remington, Americanist 🇺🇸 (@AgentMax90) December 22, 2023
It's a very good incentive, if the laws were applied equally and fairly.
I’m sure they’ll say it was totally justified because it was for the “common good.” https://t.co/u4nWlu3xm4
— Rhyen Staley (@RhyenStaley) December 22, 2023
But no one is above the law, right, leftists?
They are clearly doing enough business that they are required to have a license and to follow all regulations for their transfers.
— eye95 ن 🇮🇱 (@eye95) December 22, 2023
If they don’t have a license, or are not maintaining the proper records, send ‘em to JAIL.
cc: @ATFHQ @FBI @TheJusticeDept @JoeBiden https://t.co/WK6hxnPoao
Will anyone -- from local law enforcement to the FBI -- look into this? File charges?
Anyone else would've been arrested and thrown in jail by now.
This is the problem when you deal with people who don't know squat about guns or gun laws.
— Mr. Men (@mister_men_) December 22, 2023
Sure, you don't have to be a lawyer, but you minimally need to know about basic firearms function, basic gun laws, and terminology.
These people basically had no idea what an FFL was nor… https://t.co/7boEeaPqq0
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These people basically had no idea what an FFL was nor their purpose. They also didn't know what the process was for purchasing a firearm.
Yet they went door to door buying people's firearms and then not following the rules of their destruction as per ATF rules. (Fxck the ATF by the way.)
The police have opened an investigation, but the democrat gov shows little to no interest or involvement. (Obviously.)
2a should be absolute and there should be no involvement from government. Criminals buy guns every day and hurt/kxll people, but the legal gun owner gets persecuted like they're the criminals.
And that is the problem: actual criminals get off with light sentences, gun laws aren't enforced against actual acts of violence or flagrant lawbreaking, but legal, law-abiding gun owners get prosecuted.
This is also setting aside the fact the Second Amendment is pretty clear that gun rights shall not be infringed.
Even the 'reasonable' gun laws the Left wants are unequally enforced. As this case out of New Mexico shows.
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