NM Senate passes first major gun control law of session

[AndyS]

The bill is one of several gun control measures lawmakers are considering in this year's 60-day legislative session and the first to pass both chambers. The bill now has to go back to the House for concurrence because it was amended in the Senate.

HB 9 says a gun owner would be liable if the firearm is kept or stored "in a manner that negligently disregards a minor's ability to access" the weapon. Supporters have dubbed the bill the Bennie Hargrove Act, in honor of Hargrove, a 13-year-old from Albuquerque who was shot and killed in 2021 by another student who took a gun to school.
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Other significant gun control bills that have been introduced this year, such as ones imposing a 14-day waiting period on gun purchases and an assault weapons ban, have been through committee hearings but have not gotten a full floor vote in either chamber yet.

https://news.yahoo.com/senate-passes-first-major-gun-043300665.html

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thanks for this bit of great news! Yes, things are changing and they add up to progress. n/t