Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) signed two bills aimed at restricting gun usage in the state into law on Monday, months after she attempted to limit the right to carry firearms in most public places.
House Bill 129 (which extends the waiting period to purchase a firearm in the state to seven days) and Senate Bill 5 (which bans firearms within 100 feet of a polling place or ballot box) were both signed into law by the governor of New Mexico, alongside two other bills that increased penalties for violent crimes.
“This legislation strikes at the heart of issues that are keeping New Mexicans up at night,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement about the bills. “We are losing far too many lives when guns get into the wrong hands and violent criminals are allowed
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