New Mexico governor enacts expanded gun background checks

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

BY MARY HUDETZ ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARCH 08, 2019 07:34 PM,
UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO

SANTA FE, N.M.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Friday to drastically expand mandatory background checks on firearms sales in New Mexico, as she shot down opposition against the measure and other proposed gun reforms as being part of a national "misinformation campaign."

The governor, a Democrat who took office in January, commended the bill's Democratic sponsors, students and other gun-reform advocates who pushed for the law, saying it would enhance public safety in a state that FBI statistics say has one of the nation's highest violent crime rates.

The law will close a loophole for firearms sales in New Mexico by requiring background checks to be conducted on people who want to purchase from vendors online, at gun shows and other venues where sellers may not have a federal license.

Felons are among those who are not lawfully permitted to own a firearm under federal law.

Read more: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article227288824.html

[sheshe2]

1. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham -D

Brava.

[DVRacer]

2. And enforcement will be handled by...

Unfortunately it will be enforced primarily on people of color. I have noticed a trend every time police get more authority people of color suffer the most. Be careful what you ask for you might just get it but not the way you want.

[djacq]

3. Gov Hickenlooper had this fight back in 2013.

[link:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Colorado_recall_election?wprov=sfla1|


He won reelection afterwards.

[oneshooter]

4. "people who want to purchase from vendors online"

If you purchase a firearm from a online vendor they are REQUIRED to ship it to a licensed FFL dealer. The buyer specifies which one they use, the receiving dealer sends a copy of his FFL signed in INK to the shipping dealer. If you are buying from an individual online then they are required to ship the weapon to the FFL dealer you specify. Either way a background check will be done before turning over the weapon to the buyer.

At a gun show, by law an individual selling a weapon, as his personal possession, is NOT required to perform a background check. In fact they CAN NOT do so as the background check is ONLY for the use of FFL dealers.