The recent introduction of New Mexico House Bill 137 bans the sale of “gas-operated” semi-automatic firearms, and it will force current firearm owners to register their guns with the state.

Instead of calling it an assault weapons ban, they got creative and are calling it the “Gas-Operated Semi-automatic Firearms Exclusion Act.” The act would make all semi-automatic gas-operated rifles, shotguns, and handguns illegal unless you register them or convert the firearm to have a bolted-in magazine that you cannot “easily” remove. It also makes “large capacity” magazines over 10 rounds for a rifle and 15 for handguns illegal.

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