Posted on 03/07/2025 12:05:52 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
New Mexico Democrats continue pushing a ban on semiautomatic firearms, couching the ban in the language of prohibiting gas-operated firearms.
On February 7, 2025, Breitbart News reported that New Mexico Democrats had revived legislation Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) wanted in 2023, and were pushing it as Senate Bill 279.
On December 13, 2023, Breitbart News observed that Grisham wanted legislation modeled after Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-AZ) Gas-Operated Semiautomatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act. Although GOSAFE failed passage at the federal level, Grisham believed it could be pushed through the New Mexico legislature by her fellow Democrats.
SB 279 continues moving through the New Mexico legislature now.
The NRA-ILA summed up the dangers of SB 279:
SB 279…seeks to ban commonly owned gas-operated semiautomatic firearms. The Attorney General will identify the firearms to be banned. This ambiguous language grants excessive power to unelected officials, allowing them to arbitrarily decide which firearms are prohibited. The bill also bans standard-capacity magazines and ammunition feeding devices. These devices are essential for self-defense and sport shooting. SB279 also prohibits machine guns and rapid fire devices, turning law-abiding citizens into criminals for possessing items that are currently legal.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I smell infringement.
Ask a German if cars can kill.
Einstein’s definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different answer each yime. Sounds like he was talking about Second Amendment haters!
yime = time in thumbspeak.
Let me guess, the criminals are fearing this, lol.
Nope.
New Mexico Democrats continue pushing a ban on semiautomatic firearms
This has been extensively ruled on by the Supreme Court. Everyone voting for this should be prosecuted for deprivation of civil rights...
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Isn’t New Mexico (Red or Green) where actors go to kill somebody and get the case dismissed so they can get a “reality” TV show.
Can people keep their blowback operated firearms? most semi-auto rifles (except roller types) have a gas system. I can only think of one pistol (Wildey) that has a gas system.
Whew! I’ll still be able to own my M 1941 Johnson Rifle and Browning A5!
“New Mexico Democrats Continue Push for Semiautomatic Firearm Ban”
Every time the Democrats ... I mean Demoncrats talked about banning assault weapons I felt they actually meant any semiautomatic weapon ... rifle or pistol.
NM Dims trying to overtake their Cali Dim hero’s
Check the Steyr GB.
“...I mean Demoncrats talked about banning assault weapons I felt they actually meant any semiautomatic weapon...”
Give them time...baby steps, baby steps...
Best short range rifle I ever used for deer hunting in the woods was an M1 carbine. Small enough to carry in brush, and the .30 caliber was easily enough to drop a deer at tht range. Made me a better hunter when I was in my late teens and could legally hunt. A lot of venison for the table in those years. (And jerky) Too much hunting now is on private land with deer at much greater range. My eyes are that good any more.
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“The Attorney General will identify the firearms to be banned”
Wanna bet not a single democrat even knows what a “gas operated firearm” is, let alone how they work. It sure sounds scary. “ You mean people go to the gas station and fill up their rapid fire automatic glock assault clips? WE NEED TO BAN THEM!!!”
Thanks for the info.
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