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Post by avordvet on Mar 15, 2017 5:26:58 GMT -5
New Mexico Democrats Undertake Last Ditch Effort to Ban Private Gun Salesby AWR Hawkins, 12 Mar 2017 New Mexico Democrats are assigning a new bill number to failed gun control legislation in hopes of reviving an effort to ban private gun sales. The failed bill–HB 50–and will likely be renumbered HB 548 and taken up by the NM House Judiciary Committee on Monday. HB 50 was sponsored by State Representative Stephanie Garcia Richard (D-Los Alamos). It mandates that New Mexico residents seek out an agent of the state–a Federal Firearms License holder (FFL)–and undergo a background check on every gun sale, whether retail or private. In other words, HB 50 is about universal background checks. The NRA-ILA is sounding the alarm on the attempt to switch HB 50 to HB 548: www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/12/new-mexico-democrats-undertake-last-ditch-effort-ban-private-gun-sales/
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Post by avordvet on Apr 4, 2017 5:55:11 GMT -5
Citizens are waking to the danger... New Mexico Lawmakers Adjourn Sine Die After Rejecting Bloomberg Gun Control BillsSaturday, March 18, 2017 As the legislative session gaveled to a close today, state lawmakers shut the lid on gun control bills pushed by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and his national anti-gun groups. Out of state gun control organizations targeted New Mexico during the 2016 election cycle and in the early months of 2017, spending more than a quarter of a million dollars on state races and hiring a half-dozen lobbyists in a failed attempt to pass House Bill 50, Senate Bill 48 and House Bill 548 -- measures to criminalize firearm sales and transfers by private individuals. The New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association stood alongside gun owners and sportsmen in opposing these bills. In a statement, the sheriffs said, “These measures would make it harder for law-abiding New Mexicans to exercise their Second Amendment rights, waste scarce law enforcement resources, and do nothing to keep guns out of the hands of criminals… this scheme would be unenforceable without creating a gun registry.” New Mexico agricultural groups also vigorously opposed the legislation, viewing it as an outside attack on rural values and the state's deep-rooted gun culture. www.nraila.org/articles/20170318/new-mexico-lawmakers-adjourn-sine-die-after-rejecting-bloomberg-gun-control-bills
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