Law enforcement officials were apparently unaware that an op-ed they were asked to put their names to was written by the NRA.
The National Rifle Association tried to influence New Mexico's gun control policies using the authority of local law enforcement as leverage, including drafting an op-ed that was subsequently published under individual sheriffs' names.
The NRA's letter was sent half an hour later to dozens of New Mexico county sheriffs, according to an email separately obtained by Newsweek. There was no mention of the NRA's involvement in that email. "I had no idea that there was NRA involvement in it," Catron County Sheriff Ian Fletcher, whose NRA-drafted op-ed appeared in the Catron Courier, told Newsweek.
Some gun control advocacy groups, such as the ASK Campaign, provide sample letters and even a draft op-ed column for supporters to use. However, the sample op-ed published on the ASK website clearly displays the group's name, and the content of the column is specifically about the organization. Mace told Newsweek that"it's no different from what any other lobbyist or what any other organization is doing."
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