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NMSSA Legislative Update 2/25/23

 

The schedule for the Monday meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was finally released this evening, two of the anti-gun bills in the committee will be heard on the 27th. HB9, the bill imposing criminal penalties on gun owners if a third-party minor uses their firearm to commit a crime or injure someone, […]

NMSSA Legislative Update 2/24/23

 

With about three weeks to go in the 2023 Legislative Session, none of the bills we are watching were heard in committee or were voted on in a floor session. However, that will change next week.

SB44, than ban on carrying open or concealed firearms with 100ft of a polling place while voting […]

NMSSA Legislative Update 2/19/23

 

On Friday the 17th, the House Judiciary Committee heard both HB100, the 14-day waiting period bill, and HB101, the ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles and registration of currently owned ones. HB100 was passed out of the committee on a party-line vote of 6-4, it now heads to the House Floor. There […]

NMSSA Legislative Update 2/15/23

HB 100 – 14 Day Waiting Period to purchase a firearm!!!!! On Friday, February 17th, the House Judiciary Committee will be hearing both HB100 and HB101. HB100 would impose a 14 day waiting period for all firearm sales. HB101, would ban the sale of semiautomatic rifles, and .50 caliber rifles and ammunition. Currentl owners […]

NMSSA Legislative Update 2/11/23

 

The three bills we are watching that were supposed to be heard in committees yesterday and today were all “rolled over.” This means that no vote was taken by the committees on the bills, but they may be brought up for a vote in future committee meetings.

In the House Judiciary Committee, HB72, […]

NMSSA Legislative Update 2/9/23

 

Today on the House Floor, HB9, the gun owner liability bill, passed by a vote of 37-32. Seven Democrats joined all Republicans in voting against it. The bill was amended several times, we will review the amendments when they are published. HB9 now heads over to the senate side. We expect the first […]

NMSSA Legislative Update 2/8/23

After being held back by the House Judiciary Committee, HB72 the ban on bump stocks, binary triggers and maybe more – the bill is incredibly vague – will be heard again on Friday February 10th. Based on the conversation during the bill’s initial hearing, we are expecting a committee substitute or significant amendments. The […]

NMSSA Legislative Update

Today in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee, the full-blown attack on our right to keep and bear arms was on open display. First, HB50, the magazine ban, was “rolled over” and not heard with the consent of the sponsor who then endorsed HB101. This means HB50 could come back, but HB101 is […]

New Mexico: Santa Fe City Council Votes Down Gun Magazine Ban on a 6-2 Vote

New Mexico: Santa Fe City Council Votes Down Gun Magazine Ban on a 6-2 Vote

Last night, citing concerns about enforceability and the potential for a lawsuit based on a violation of the firearms preemption clause in the state constitution, the Santa Fe City Council defeated Bill 2013-27. If enacted, […]