Hearing on gun control proposal delayed until Monday

By Christen Smith

Just hours before it began, New Mexico lawmakers postponed a last-minute weekend committee hearing for a potential gun control measure until Monday afternoon.
The state House Judiciary Committee will vet House Bill 548 — a “dummy bill” the National Rifle Association warns will be stuffed with language regulating guns — just one week before legislators adjourn.
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-Los Alamos, sponsored the bill Friday. Her original proposal, House Bill 50 — designed to require background checks for virtually all firearm transfers in the state — stalled in the committee last month. With just a week of session remaining, HB 548 could be Richard’s last chance to revive the measure, according to the NRA.
Richard told the Associated Press Friday she rewrote the proposal and thinks it “strikes the right balance between public safety and convenience.” The new language allows exceptions for transfers between family members, and between friends while hunting or participating in other shooting sports, the Associated Press reports.
The bill faces a tough battle against both the legislative clock and gun rights supporters — led by the NRA — who say the bill is nothing more than a backdoor attempt by out-of-state interests to expand a gun control agenda.
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Source: Guns.com