New Mexico: Gun Control Bills Scheduled for Committee Hearings

Dear [Lawmaker],

As a fellow resident of New Mexico, I urge you to OPPOSE House Bill 12 and House Bill 38 in your committee meetings on Tuesday, January 28, and Tuesday, January 30.

HB 12 allows law enforcement officers to bypass the need for a “reporting party” and go straight to filing a petition for an extreme risk protective order based on information collected by the officers — allowing them to be the sole source and mechanism by which an order is issued. The bill also requires immediate surrender of firearms upon service of an ERPO, with criminal penalties for failure to comply. This law tramples on the civil liberties of law-abiding citizens and lacks due process.

House Bill 38 is an overly-vague bill which creates felony penalties for the possession of attachments or devices for semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns that supposedly "convert" them into fully automatic firearms.  The bill also has no exceptions for legally-possessed, National Firearms Act-compliant parts or firearms.

Again, I urge you to OPPOSE HB 12 and HB 38.

Thank you for all that you do for our state.

Sincerely,
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