2018 March « New Mexico Shooting Sports

Santa Fe High Navy JROTC students named champion marksmen

By Sarah Halasz Graham | The New Mexican

They’re some of the sharpest shooters in the land.

Four students in Santa Fe High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps earned top honors Saturday at the 2018 All-Service National JROTC Championship, a marksmanship competition, beating out 25 other four-person teams from across the country.

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Banning Guns with the Ballot Box

Anti-gun extremists continually try to paint themselves as “reasonable,” and only want to present the image of seeking to promote “common sense” ideas that will serve to protect our citizens, while not infringing on the right to personal protection. That, however, is rarely what they seek to actually implement. As an example, we present […]

NRA Statement on YouTube Censorship Announcement

Fairfax, Va.— Chris W. Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), released the following statement on Friday:

“YouTube is now in the business of political posturing and censorship. Millions of Americans watch YouTube videos every day to learn more about the safe and responsible use of firearms, and […]

ANGLERS, HUNTERS CAN PURCHASE 2018-19 LICENSES EARLY THIS YEAR

New Mexico Department of Game and FishPublic contact: (888) 248-6866

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MARCH 22, 2018:

ANGLERS, HUNTERS CAN PURCHASE 2018-19 LICENSES EARLY THIS YEAR

SANTA FE – Sales of “over-the-counter” fishing and hunting licenses for the 2018-19 license year opened today, giving anglers and hunters an opportunity […]

Gun control resolution draws crowd to Las Cruces City Hall

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Las Cruces City Council is considering a proposed resolution that would support restrictions on the sale and possession of semi-automatic weapons in New Mexico.

The nonbinding measure requests that state lawmakers and the governor take action in the wake of a recent flurry of gun threats at schools.

The […]

Disgust With Hollywood’s Antigun Activism Unifies Americans in Nationwide Poll

Based on the results of a Zogby Analytics poll released earlier this month, Second Amendment supporters may have a counter-intuitive message for virtue-signaling Hollywood heavyweights pledging their support for restrictive firearm laws: keep up the good work! Gun control is gaining renewed social currency in some circles in the wake of the Parkland, Fla. […]

Bloomberg Gun Control Shill Targets Sportman’s Warehouse for Selling a Bolt Action .22

On March 2, gun control über matron Shannon Watts issued a tweet taking the online retailer Sportsman’s Warehouse to task for making a certain firearm available to adults as young as 18. No doubt Watts hoped to shock her Twitter followers with the gun’s supposedly menacing appearance. The rifle she depicted, however, was a […]

No .22lr F-Class match Saturday

We will not have a .22 match this Saturday at the Albuquerque Shooting Park. I will be shooting in Phoenix. See you next month. I have attached the program for the Western Wildcats, also in Phoenix, March 14-18. We will have a prize table. On March 10-11 there will be the Diamondback, also at […]

Tell Congress TODAY: Punishing Law-Abiding Gun Owners is Not the Answer

Even as the nation was grieving the terrible loss of life in Parkland, Fla., gun control activists were doing what they do best: exploiting tragedy to advance their political agenda. Gun control activists are pushing a message that you are to blame […]