Posted on 12/16/2022 1:19:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
Last month, Albuquerque police revealed gun law violations spiked 85% this year alone.
KOB 4 spoke with lawmakers Monday who are tasked with coming up with solutions, during the upcoming legislative session.
“Firearms have increased to become the leading cause of death for children,” said Rep. Reena Szczepanski.
That’s according to 2020 data from the CDC, and it’s prompting Democratic legislators to double down on gun safety during the upcoming legislative session.
That includes a new proposal to raise the age requirement for purchasing AR-style rifles from 18 to 21.
“It’s basically closing a bit of a loophole, because right now the age to purchase other types of handguns, is 21. And so we’re looking at just this incremental approach,” said Szczepanski
Also, the comeback of the Bennie Hargrove Act, that would punish gun owners for not properly storing their weapons, especially when kids are around.
“That bill that is really geared at keeping children safe, keeping children safe in their homes, and really addressing responsible storage,” said Szczepanski.
Also known as House Bill 9 during the previous legislative session, the Bennie Hargrove Act was assigned to the House Appropriations Committee, where it was blocked by more than a dozen representatives.
“This was an unfair vote because it says your responsibility was to look at the financial impact and this has gone beyond that,” said Rep. Pamelya Herndon.
Republican representatives say guns are only a small part of the issue.
“On the Democrat side, they are constantly pushing to focus on just the tool, the tool that is used to commit a crime, and not the issues that are actually behind all the reasons that we have very high levels of crime,” said Rep. Stefani Lord. “We are lacking severely on behavioral health and rehabilitation.”
Both parties agree that dialing back on crime is going to take a lot of work and bi-partisan cooperation.
“I know that there’s some bills being drafted for mental health and for rehabilitation, for drug addiction, and maybe those will get through, or maybe we can actually work together. Because I feel if the Republicans and the Democrats could work together on some of these issues, we might actually do what is best for New Mexico,” said Lord.
“I see it as all intertwined. I don’t see it as either, or I think we need all of the above,” said Szczepanski.
Another Hindu woman with no respect for America placed in charge.
“Another Hindu woman with no respect for America placed in charge.”
Someone should have a long talk with her and teach her respect.
Then the answer isn't more gun laws, it's better gun law violation enforcement.
Stop pleading down felony gun possession charges to a misdemeanor.
“Firearms have increased to become the leading cause of death for children,” said Rep. Reena Szczepanski.
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Is Covid included (and flu and RSV)?
And just what is the age range of these ‘children’?
I don’t know if she’s Hindu, but she’s a Southerner, from Georgia.
Reena needs to take her ass back to India and square that craphole away before she thinks it’s her job to screw up America. Just because she was born in Georgia to two Indians who skipped out of India doesn’t make her an American. She needs to take a hike.
Gun safety violations...
SNORT.
And get me started on NM PD clearance rates for violent crime.
She was born in the USA.
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Like I said, She was born in Georgia to two immigrants but that does not make her an American.
She’s from Decatur born and bred and went to Brown. Graduating from Brown should disqualify her from public office. Very Woke.
Yup!. Pass the ‘Aric Barwin safe firearms handling act’. That should do the trick. 🤔😁👍. Love me some NM but no way could I live there again.
Prove it.
All we really need is Equal Protection under the Law:
All laws restricting or infringing in any way, any enumerated right in the US Constitution, Shall be applied equally to ALL persons without exception.
live by the same law then we can talk
What’s with all these India communists?
I can’t believe how many of these braindead, freeloading “migrants” are ending up in Congress. The “voters” must be tired of voting for Americans. Especially white American males. This knucklehead is an anchor baby.
She is an American citizen if she was born here.
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Plenty of people are for a gun ban.
I would bet her co relgionists stock pile a few though.
Okay. The jackasses up in the swamp made her a U.S. Citizen but she’ll never be an American as long as she is trampling the Bill of Rights.
A LibTard's idea of "gun safety" is that no one apart their security team gets to have guns.
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