NM Senate committee advances anti-gun trafficking bill

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 491

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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The New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday evening advanced a bill that would more closely regulate gun dealers across the state.

Senate Bill 17, known as the “Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act,” emerged in December after Democratic lawmakers reviewed a report from advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which found New Mexico had an outsized problem with gun trafficking. Many of the guns found at New Mexico crime …

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