New Mexico moves to expand background checks on gun sales, part of a raft of gun safety initiatives lawmakers are considering.
Legislators sent a bill to expand background checks on private gun sales in New Mexico to the governor's desk Monday for certain approval after a bruising series of debates and objections from county sheriffs across much of the state.
Republican House lawmakers voted in unison against the bill, joined by three Democrats: Reps. Candie Sweetser of Deming, Patricio Ruiloba of Albuquerque and Harry Garcia of Grants. Democratic Rep. Joseph Sanchez of Alcalde did not vote. "This is rural versus urban, and I don't appreciate my community having to take these things," said GOP Rep. Gail Armstrong of Magdalena during the final House floor debate."I don't know how you will police this in rural New Mexico."
Background checks against a federal database of prohibited buyers are designed to weed out prohibited buyers such as convicted felons and people with severe mental disorders.
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