AMGOA Staff
Pennsylvania


Posts: 1,427

Two anti-gun bills mandating background checks on virtually all gun transfers passed out of committee in both chambers of the New Mexico legislature last week.

On Saturday, the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee voted 3-1 to approve HB 50, requiring background checks on private gun sales. This came just days after lawmakers in the New Mexico Senate's Public Affairs Committee passed similar legislation, SB 48, 5-3.

These bills would do nothing to stop criminals from getting guns, they would only add further burdens to law abiding citizens wishing to exercise their second amendment rights.

Yesterday, 32 of 33 Sheriffs that make up the New Mexico Sheriffs Association condemned both SB 48 and HB 50. "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," the association said.

Moms Demand Action, a group funded by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg, are pushing for the bills passage as part of their national gun control agenda.

Please contact your legislators in both chambers and tell them to do anything they can to stop these bills from advancing any further and if they do come to a floor vote to vote no.

artbrownsr
Alaska
Posts: 29

It appears that New Mexico is trying to do the same as Nevada!

Except Nevada has this problem:

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/question-1-gun-background-checks-in-limbo/657455731

"It is the law, but it's not a law that you have to follow," Goyak said.

In December, the Nevada Attorney General's Office announced it was not going to enforce the new law.  The decision comes after the state's Department of Public Safety received a letter from the FBI saying the federal agency will not conduct background checks required by question one.

The agency says the Nevada legislation can't dictate how federal resources are applied.