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The title of the bill tells all you need to know about what the gun-grabbers want to do and how overreaching this bill is:

AN ACT RELATING TO FIREARMS; CREATING THE FIREARM TRANSFER ACT; PROHIBITING CERTAIN PERSONS FROM PURCHASING OR RECEIVING FIREARMS; REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF FIREARMS BY PERSONS OTHER THAN LICENSED GUN DEALERS; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT OF BACKGROUND CHECKS; ADDRESSING PRIVATE TRANSFERS AND TRANSFERS AT GUN SHOWS; CREATING IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY; PROVIDING EXCLUSIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIREARM TRANSFER ACT; PROVIDING FOR RULEMAKING; ALLOWING ASSESSMENT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE; CREATING CRIMES AND IMPOSING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE FIREARM TRANSFER ACT; CREATING THE FIREARM TRANSFER FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

And from the NM State Constitution:

“No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms.” Article II, Section 6.

So it's pretty obvious that the law would be unconstitutional though NM's liberal judges would likely not see it that way.

For NM residents, links to the bill:
FIREARMS TRANSFER ACT

And to a listing of State Representatives:
Search for Your Legislator

New Mexico Family Gun Shop Owners Get New Trial
posted on February 4, 2013 by Giacomo

Last summer, I told you about the Reese family in Deming, New Mexico. Rick and Terri Reese, along with their two sons Ryin and Remington ran a gun shop. They kept meticulous records and ran their successful business according to the letter of the law. Then suddenly, they found themselves charged with violating federal gun trafficking laws. They were arrested and the feds seized the gun shop along with its $2 million worth of inventory which included all of the guns, gun records and nearly two millions rounds of ammunition. The feds also seized all of the family’s personal possessions, including their home, cars, bank accounts, jewelry, gold and coin collections all totaling about half a million dollars.

More than six months after being jailed, Terri Reese was finally allowed to post bail in March of 2012 and get out of jail, but her husband and two sons were denied the same opportunity because the prosecution claimed they were dangerous and posed a flight risk. The father and sons were held over pending their trials.

In July 2012, son Remington was acquitted of all charges and set free. Rick and Terri were each found guilty of one count of lying on firearms purchase forms. Son Ryin was found guilty on two counts of lying on federal purchase forms. All members of family were acquitted on the other 24 charges that had been brought against them.

Even though the trial was last July, Rick and Ryin Reese remain in jail pending their sentence hearing which has never taken place. All toll, the father and son have spent nearly a year and half in jail.