From The New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Newsletter

This week's newsletter from the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association summarizes the anti-Second Amendment bills in the New Mexico legislature's hopper for the legislative session starting tomorrow.

They are:

2023 Anti-Gun Bills

HB101 If you own a semi-automatic rifle you would have to destroy it or surrender it to the state by July 1 of this year or you would be committing a felony. The bill also makes it a felony to own a magazine that holds more than 9 rounds.

HB9 creates a fourth-degree felony penalty for a person who keeps or stores a firearm in a manner that negligently disregards a minor's ability to access that firearm and the minor accesses that firearm and uses it in a manner that causes great bodily harm to or death of the minor or another person. If the same circumstances existed and the minor displays or brandishes the firearm in a threatening manner or causes injury to himself or another person not resulting in great bodily harm or death, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person does not violate the provisions of the act if a minor obtained the firearm as a result of an illegal entry to the person's property; if the firearm was kept in a locked container and was securely stored or kept in a location that a reasonable person would believe to be secure when obtained by the minor; if the firearm was carried on one's person or within close proximity of the person; if the firearm was locked with a firearm safety device that rendered the firearm inoperable; or if the minor obtained the firearm in the course of self-defense or defense of another person.

HB50 POSSESSION OF LARGE CAPACITY GUN MAGAZINE - That bill would make it a felony to own a magazine that holds more than 9 rounds which would apply to most firearms with a detachable magazine.

HB72 POSSESSION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARM CONVERTER

HB100 Puts a mandatory 14-Day hold on all firearms sales from an FFL.

The New Mexico Legislature convenes on January 17 and will meet for 60 calendar days.  Here is a link you can use to find the contact information for your legislator:  https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Find_My_Legislator