0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 13
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          PHILLIP J. MALOOF
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT CHILDPROOF SAFETY DEVICES BE DESIGNED INTO OR
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0012|     REQUIRED FOR FIREARMS.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, it is recognized that a firearm is a dangerous
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0015|     weapon and extremely hazardous when in the possession of a
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0016|     child; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, the safety and protection of children is one of
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0018|     the highest priorities of the state, and essential to order and
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0019|     progress in society; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, a child is more likely than an adult to mishandle
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0021|     a firearm, with potentially fatal or grave consequences; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, parents should take responsibility to ensure the
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0023|     safety of their children; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, a requirement that firearms be designed and
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0025|     manufactured with childproof safety devices would be a major
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0001|     step in guarding the safety of our children; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, the design and retrofitting of existing firearms
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0003|     with childproof safety devices is entirely possible if society
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0004|     has the will to require this policy;
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0005|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0006|     OF NEW MEXICO that the congress of the United States be
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0007|     requested to require all manufacturers of firearms to produce
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0008|     only weapons that have built-in childproof safety devices; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these same manufacturers be
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0010|     requested to design and market childproof safety devices that
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0011|     can be retrofitted to firearms; and
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0012|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all retailers of firearms in
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0013|     New Mexico be requested to express to the firearms industry the
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0014|     need for childproof safety devices to retrofit existing
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0015|     firearms and for the availability from manufacturers of only
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0016|     firearms that include childproof safety devices; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0018|     sent to each firearms retailer in New Mexico listed with the
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0019|     bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms of the United States
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0020|     department of the treasury.
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