New Mexico: Anti-Gun Bills Heard in Committee - Contact the House Judiciary Committee!

Dear [Lawmaker],

As a fellow New Mexico resident, I urge you to OPPOSE Senate Bill 17 in your committee.

SB 17 or "Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act" represents a radical unconstitutional overreach that bans commonly owned gas-operated semiautomatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines, directly violating the Second Amendment’s "common use" standard. This legislation imposes vague, costly, and duplicative "site hardening" mandates on law-abiding small businesses already heavily regulated by the ATF, while creating a direct conflict with federal law by attempting to commandeer federal records to establish a state-level gun registry. Most alarmingly, the act forces dealers into a "zero tolerance" trap that violates the Fifth Amendment by compelling annual certifications under threat of felony charges for technical paperwork errors, ensuring that this misguided bill—which ignores the fact that retail theft accounts for a mere 0.2% of crime guns—will face immediate and certain legal challenges.

Again, I urge you to OPPOSE SB 17.

Thank you for all that you do for our state.

Sincerely,
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