New Mexico governor signs law requiring background checks for almost all firearm sales

[Swordsmyth]

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (https://thehill.com/people/michelle-lujan-grisham) (D) on Friday signed a bill requiring background checks on almost all firearm sales in the state.
The legislation makes it a misdemeanor to sell a firearm to almost anyone without a background check, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported. (https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/governor-signs-law-expanding-checks-on-gun-sales/article_7b06213f-5753-5d1f-9034-3f24e75e9f09.html)
The bill, which is opposed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), will go into effect in July.
“It’s clear to me that the NRA isn’t going to stop trying to meddle in making this a safer state,” Lujan Grisham said Friday. “We all have a constitutional right to be safe in our homes and our communities,” she later added.
Gun store owners and those with federal firearm licenses are now required by law to conduct background checks before selling a gun.
All other sales, including those between people over the internet, will require a background check through a federal firearms license holder.
Sales between law enforcement officers or immediate family members will not be subject to the background checks required by the legislation. The law also would not apply to antique firearms, construction tools or emergency flares.
Republicans have vowed to fight the legislation, saying they will push petitions calling for a statewide vote on repealing the law, the newspaper reported. Opponents to the law argue that the bill infringes on constitutional rights to carry firearms and claim it won’t prevent crime.
Twenty-five officials in the state’s 33 counties adopted “Second Amendment Sanctuary” declarations this week, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
The declarations say the counties effectively will refuse to enforce the law.

More at: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/433340-new-mexico-governor-signs-law-requiring-background-checks-for-almost-all

[oyarde]

Uh , no you have no constitutional right to be safe in your shitty community but people do have a Constitutional right to not be infringed . Helps if you elect people with the comprehension skills of a small child .

[PAF]

Lujan graduated from St. Michael's High School. She received a BS from the University of New Mexico (UNM) in 1981, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. The following year she married Gregory Alan Grisham. In 1987, Lujan Grisham earned a JD from the UNM School of Law.

Lujan was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and grew up in Santa Fe. Her father, Llewellyn "Buddy" Lujan,[2] practiced dentistry into his 80s until he died in March 2011. Her mother, Sonja, was a homemaker.

Lujan Grisham's uncle is Manuel Lujan Jr., who served in the House of Representatives from New Mexico as a Republican, and as Secretary of the Interior during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. He was the named petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife. Her grandfather, Eugene Lujan, was Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.[39] Her cousin, Ben Ray Luján, represents New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in the House of Representatives,[40] while his father, Ben Luján, was Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives.

Lujan Grisham served as Director of New Mexico's Agency on Aging under Governors Bruce King, Gary Johnson and Bill Richardson. Richardson elevated the position to the state cabinet. In 2004, he named Lujan Grisham as New Mexico Secretary of Health; she retained the office until 2007.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Lujan_Grisham