Posted on 02/02/2021 2:30:28 PM PST by CedarDave
On Monday, S.B. 224 was introduced in the New Mexico Senate, sponsored by far-left state Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D-Bernalillo), which tries to not only force New Mexicans to follow guidelines on how they can store guns in their own home, it makes it a crime to teach one’s children how to shoot.
The bill text reads, “It is an offense for a firearm owner or authorized user to store or keep a firearm in any premises unless the firearm is secured in a locked container or secured by a gun lock or other means so as to render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner or other authorized user.”
The “storage mandate” in the bill “would make it a crime for a child to handle your firearm unless the child was 12 or older and had previously completed a firearms safety class. You would become a criminal for taking your child to go shooting if they had not previously taken some kind of formal class,” says the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association (NMSSA).
“The bill is an uneducated attempt to demonize firearms,” says the organization, adding that “It is already a crime to place a child in a situation that endangers their life, this law does nothing to add to a child’s safety.”
The bill text reads, “If a firearm owner or authorized user knows or reasonably should have known that a minor, an at-risk person or a prohibited person could gain access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of that owner or authorized person, and if a minor, an at-risk person or a prohibited person obtained access to that firearm, it is an offense if the firearm owner or authorized user failed to secure the firearm in a locked container or by a lock or other means so as to render such firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the firearm owner or other authorized user.”
NMSSA also notes that, “The law is completely unenforceable unless they plan on going door-to-door inspecting firearm storage in your home. But this bill again goes beyond what they have attempted in the past. If a prohibited possessor gains access to your firearm you are liable as well.”
“Albuquerque is the property crime capital of America; if your home or vehicle was broken into and a convicted felon stole your firearm, you could be charged with a crime under the bill. Instead of taking on the issue of the crime wave that has engulfed Albuquerque and other parts of the state, Sedillo Lopez wants to blame you, someone just seeking to defend yourself, if your firearm is stolen.”
Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino – (D) (505) 397-8839 jortizyp@msn.com
Sen. Bill Tallman – (D) (505) 397-8854 bill.tallman@nmlegis.gov
Sen. Gregg Schmedes – (R) (505) 986-4395gregg.schmedes@nmlegis.gov
Sen. David M. Gallegos – (R) (505) 986-4278 david.rsi@hotmail.com
Sen. Stuart Ingle – (R) (505) 986-4702 stuart.ingle@nmlegis.gov
Sen. Brenda G. McKenna – (D) (505) 397-8834 brenda.mckenna@nmlegis.gov
Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez – (D) (505) 397-8847 a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov
Sen. Elizabeth “Liz” Stefanics – (D) (505) 397-8851 lstefanics@msn.com
Sen. Sedillo Lopez is a first-term New Mexico senator appointed to her position after an unsuccessful run for Congress against Deb Haaland in 2018. Now, Sedillo Lopez is vying for the First Congressional District seat once again, and this legislation is likely something she is trying to use to court anti-gun donors and support groups, such as Mike Bloomberg’s “Everytown.” Everytown endorsed Haaland in her runs for Congress, along with multiple other rabid anti-gun groups.
Sedillo Lopez’s bill is just the latest in a slew of anti-gun proposals, such as one to criminalize multiple firearms and components and another that seeks to harshen New Mexico’s already stringent “red flag” law.
It’s a crime if you DON’T teach them.
Be free.
Don’t let them in your head.
Do right.
Don’t these clowns realize that its the voters and general population being armed that has kept America free. Guns are not for hunting in the modern era, they are for keeping the bureaucrats at bay and self defense. Take guns away from the American Citizen and the country will fold in less than two years. Freedom is not free.
Problem is with women these days aborting so many of their babies I’m not sure they know how to do the latter.
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Tyranny and oppression are their goals. Disarming people a necessary step. They are enemies domestic.
12 years old?! Heck my first hunting season was at age 10, technically 9 for most of dove season. Heck 12 was time for big game!
“Annie began trapping before the age of seven, and shooting and hunting by age eight, to support her siblings and her widowed mother. She sold the hunted game to locals in Greenville, such as shopkeepers Charles and G. Anthony Katzenberger, who shipped it to hotels in Cincinnati and other cities.[16] She also sold the game to restaurants and hotels in northern Ohio. Her skill paid off the mortgage on her mother’s farm when Annie was 15.[17]”
The left is truly insane.
We’re in serious need of finding a cure far more so than for covid 19.
So stupid. So what’s going to happen if we are invaded? Or, if we have an electical grid outage and need to feed ourselves and family? So stupid. All the while, these senators are protected by...guns.
Haplophobes
If you don’t teach them then the number of accidental fatalities goes up.— Unintended Consequence!
And now too many people can’t live without smart phones and government goodies.
Heck bb gun hunting started once you were big enough to shoulder a red ryder!
Plenty of us women know how to shoot a gun, or two. Hubby just bought me another one. They can take my gun out of my cold dead hands... .
When you buy a Gun in CA you have to sign a statement saying you have an approved Locking Firearm Cabinet / Safe at Home to store your Gun.
Not an issue for me since we moved to MS a couple of years ago. No ten day waiting period here, more like ten minutes.
Anyone have odds on any of the Joementia ANTI Gun Bills getting through Congress and being Passed into Law(lessness)?
Very UnAmerican!
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