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SANTA FE — Today, Senate Republican Leader, Senator Greg Baca (R-Belen), Senator Mark Moores (R-Albuquerque), and Senator Cliff Pirtle (R-Roswell) successfully tabled Senate Bill 171 in the Senate Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support. During the debate, several members of the committee raised concerns about the constitutionality of the measure which would prohibit the manufacture, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of “automatic firearms.” The bill was tabled on a 6-3 vote.