The American flag is reflected in a window of the Roundhouse, New Mexico's Capitol, in Santa Fe, on Jan. 17, 2021. (Las Cruces Sun-News/Imagn)
Matthew Mammoser, an official with the National Association for Gun Rights, posted a video last week of himself delivering several Xerox-type boxes he said were full of "thousands" of petitions from New Mexicans opposed to the bill.
Meanwhile, New Mexico House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Socorro, said her caucus was and is open to working with Democrats on "real solutions" to gun violence and other concerns the bill seeks to address.
"This session, rather than take violent offenders off our streets, address our healthcare shortage and work on the unaffordability crisis our state is facing, Democrats have opted to pursue a radical agenda at the expense of our constitutional rights," she said.
Fox News Digital reached out for comment from the bill’s top-listed sponsor, state Sen. Micaelita O’Malley, D-Bernalillo, but did not receive a reply by press time.
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