HB12 amends the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act to allow law-enforcement officers to file petitions for firearm protection orders based on information collected during official duties, and from reporting parties. Petitions must include a statement supporting the belief of “imminent danger.” Respondents are required to surrender all firearms immediately upon service of a extreme-risk firearm protection order.
The New Mexico House of Representatives passed HB12 on February 25, 2025 by a vote of 41 to 27. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this legislation allows law enforcement to confiscate firearms without due process, violating the Second Amendment and undermining individual liberty by allowing subjective assessments of “imminent danger” to authorize firearm confiscations. The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution explicitly protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. State governments must reject laws that infringe on God-given, constitutionally protected rights.
