Today, House Bill 12 was placed on Third Reading for the New Mexico House of Representatives. Please contact your Representative TODAY and urge them to OPPOSE HB 12 by using the TAKE ACTION button below!
House Bill 12 by Rep. Joy Garratt (D-ABQ) allows law enforcement officers to bypass the need for a “reporting party” and go straight to filing a petition for an extreme risk protective order based on information collected by the officers — allowing them to be the sole source and mechanism by which an order is issued. The bill also requires immediate surrender of firearms upon service of an ERPO, with criminal penalties for failure to comply. This law tramples on civil liberties and lacks due process; it should be repealed, not expanded!
Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox as this busy legislative session progresses.
