Campaign Promise

Interesting, since this is a solid red county, less the county seat which goes blue. Greeley is home to the Teachers College, aka Northern Colorado University. Trump carried the county with some 70% of the vote.

https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/02/05/weld-commissioner-candidate-elijah-hatch-promises-to-use-1st-years-salary-to-give-away-ar-15s/

May not be the best campaign strategy but certainly draws a line in the sand.