We reported last year about this time how New Mexico lawmakers had passed a measure mandating a seven-day waiting period for gun purchases, and just how ineffective such laws are at curbing violent crime or suicides.
The final version of HB 129, which was signed into law by Gov. Lujan Grisham, mandated a seven-day waiting period on any gun buyer, other than a concealed handgun license holder, who clears an FBI background check to purchase a gun.
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