Stuff you need to know, 2.1.24

“House Judiciary sends two gun violence prevention bills to the House floor”
by Nicole Maxwell, NM Political Report
February 1, 2024

Approved by the House Judiciary Committee along party lines, HB 127 aims to raise the age for firearm purchases and HB 137 seeks to ban gas-operated semi-automatic firearms.

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“Gun makers, sellers could be sued under bill headed to House floor”
by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico
January 26, 2024

A proposal to allow people harmed by gun violence to hold gun manufacturers and dealers accountable in civil court is headed for a full vote by the New Mexico House of Representatives.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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