Yet they are a Blue State.  It's why the backlash.  There is a serious disconnect between the leadership, the voters and the laws they pass.  It's as though none of the voters pay attention before elections.  That doesn't make NM a bad place nor does it say much different than what it says about any state with voters that don't pay attention.  But with a small population, it doesn't take much to flip a state and it's been deep blue for a while.  Maybe this issue will wake its voters the fuck up.  Maybe this issue will be an example for the rest of the country as well.  It's the laser focus of liberals/Marxists: get rid of the populace's means of resisting or combating tyrants.  Bet the populace of Venezuela with they hadn't given up gun ownership today.