Opinion
Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- This past week the New Mexico Senate concurred on legislation to criminalize almost all private sales of firearms, Senate Bill 8. Senate Bill 8 now heads to the desk of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for her signature. Please contact Governor Lujan Grisham and strongly urge her to VETO Senate Bill 8.
Senate Bill 8, so-called “universal” background check legislation sponsored by Senators Richard Martinez (D) and Peter Wirth (D), would ban almost all private firearms sales between law-abiding individuals.
Gun owners would be forced to pay fees and obtain government approval before selling firearms to friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow hunters, competitive shooters or gun club members. This proposal would have no impact on crime and is unenforceable without gun registration. As amended, Senate Bill 8 now requires that all federal firearm licensees perform these background checks. 30 out of 33 New Mexico Sheriffs oppose this legislation.
Again, please contact Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and strongly urge her to VETO Senate Bill 8 when it gets to her desk.
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I live in NM, and based on everyone that I’ve talked to, no one will comply with this so-called law. The Republicans in the House and Senate have started a petition to overturn this law. We need approximately 70,000 signatures, then the residents get to vote on it. No doubt it’ll be overturned s being unconstitutional.
criminals welcome in NM as long as they vote dhimmi-rat. self defense not welcome, where’s the surprise when a commie-mommie is elected?
1) I have written not only my representatives in the state legislature, but, county commissioners, and NM sheriffs. 2) The governor has already signed the bill into law. Its all over ‘cept the crying 3) As always the NRA is “a day late and a dollar short” of getting the news out in a timely manner so we the people can be informed in enough time to do something about it! 4) It might be well to note that our (NM) Constitution states in Article II, Section 6. “No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and… Read more »
How dare these bastardos say we cannot for hundreds of years NOT pass on our weapons to our kids and grandkids??? That is MY legacy, and in NO WAY will these make anybody’s world safer! NM polys are inciting riot and are accused of blatant NEW WORLD ORDER HARASSMENT! Hope they all croak!
STOP ALL THESE GUN HARASSING LAWS YOU IMPOSE!!!
I was considering applying for a permit hunt in NM this year. But I think I will pass now. I use to go every year.
The counties and sheriffs in New Mexico have already taken a stand and refused to obey these oppressive anti-Constitutonal laws. ALL elected Democrats in New Mexico buy their offices (I lived there over 20 years) and the elections are always rigged. The current governor is a bought and paid for liberal Democrat female with an Hispanic hyphenated name, which means she was a shoo-in for the election once she paid the cash regardless of the “vote”. It’s coming down to the “nut cutting” in New Mexico and there are more than enough conservative folks who don’t live in Albuquerque, Santa… Read more »
To all Americans, every time you vote for a democrat you are voting against the second amendment and to union members when your union spends your due’s money backing democrats they are doing harm to you and the second amendment, time for it to stop.
The Dems are creating an “American Aristocracy”.
They also have a endless supply of YOUR MONEY to use for these deeds.
Talked to a friend of me over the weekend and he has lived out there for several years and said that the virus from Calif has been moving in for quite a while, the idiots are moving in but won’t give up their idiot ideas. This final step with their idiot politicians is now going to haunt them, non-sense on buying ammo, 2 boxes with a back ground check each purchase, gun transfers, all, it all boils down that they say they can’t take the guns so they will limit the ammo, also if you show up with to many… Read more »