ISSUE NUMBER ELEVEN • January 2020
|
||||||
|
||||||
 |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
 New Mexico Department of Game & Fish Game & Fish News The 2020-2021 New Mexico Big Game Draw is openand ready for your application!Important Deadlines:Feb. 12 – Deadline to apply for bear and turkey draw permits. Applications must be completed before 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST). Feb. 15 – Deadline to submit 2019–20 harvest reports for deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey license holders. Reports can be submitted online or by telephone. Late fees apply after this date. Mar. 18 – Deadline to apply for draw licenses for Barbary sheep, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, ibex, javelina, pronghorn and oryx, and to apply for private-land only deer licenses in Units 2A, 2B, 2C, 4 and 5A. Applications must be completed before 5 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Mar. 18 – Deadline to submit late 2019–20 harvest reports for deer, elk, pronghorn and turkey. All 2019–20 license holders must report to be eligible for 2020–21 draw licenses. Reports can be submitted online or by telephone. Failure to report for these species by this date will result in rejection of all draw applications. An $8 late fee applies. April 7 – Deadline to submit 2019–20 harvest reports for Barbary sheep, ibex, javelina, oryx and trapper license holders to be eligible for big-game licenses. Get your hunter education course in before the draw deadlineIt is unlawful for anyone under 18 to apply for, or buy, any type of firearms hunting license before passing a hunter education course unless the youth is registered in the New Mexico Mentored Youth Hunting Program. Youth hunters must have proof of passing a state certified Hunter Education course or have a current Mentored Youth number in their possession while hunting. There are three methods to getting your New Mexico Hunter Education number:
Register for your course today! Facebook live series to help prepare for the drawDid you join us on Facebook last year for information about the big game draw? Throughout February and March we will be joined by Department biologists and topic experts to help answer questions you may have about hunting in New Mexico, how the draw works or clarification on hunting laws. A few highlights include:
Special Draw Announcements:
Nowhere, absolutely nowhere is safe from the mindless blitz rush of the ‘Red Flag’ brigade. New Mexico is the up next with a terrible bill being pushed through that they promise to ‘fix’ later.
Thirty sheriffs, four Democratic state senators and a cast of hundreds faced off Tuesday in a 90-minute debate that had only one piece of common ground. Everyone agreed the government taking away someone’s guns can be a matter of life and death. After that, the sheriffs had no use for the Democratic lawmakers, who advanced a bill they admitted was half-baked. – Santa Fe New Mexican I have to wonder, like seriously wonder, if these folks have ever tried advancing a very well fleshed out bill just to see what would happen? I can’t fathom where the tactic of cobbling together a pile of ‘do something’ held together with some discount packing tape became effective policy writing, but here we are. The proposal, Senate Bill 5, would enable a family member or law enforcement officer to obtain a civil court order authorizing police to confiscate the guns of someone accused of posing a danger to himself or others. Senate Bill 5 – ERPO BillEven some of the senators who voted for the proposal said it needed to be amended for clarity and fairness. The sponsor, Democratic Sen. Joe Cervantes of Las Cruces, said one section should be removed altogether. It grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to those making the allegations. But instead of attempting to fix the bill’s deficiencies, the Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 4-3 to send it unchanged to the Judiciary Committee. Cool. Why fix a bill just waiting to be abused with no due process and no legal recourse against false accusers. That can’t possibly go wrong. Remember, its for gun violence which is extra special bad violence and logic, reason, and standards of proof and effectiveness can all be suspended in its name. New Mexico has 33 sheriffs, 30 of whom oppose this bill. They complain it could spark violence, that it allows for illegal seizure of property and that it denies due process to the accused. “Essentially you are being deprived of your property rights under the Constitution for something somebody says you might do,” said Sierra County Sheriff Glenn Hamilton, a Republican. He ridiculed Cervantes’ bill as wrongheaded, likening it to towing all the cars of people parked at a saloon and then requiring them to prove their sobriety before they can get back their property. When 91% of your top law enforcement officers tell you its a bad idea… it might be a bad idea. Welcome to the circus, New Mexico. FERNADALE, Md. (WJZ) — A 61-year-old man is dead after he was shot by an officer trying to enforce Maryland’s new ‘red flag’ law in Ferndale Monday morning. Anne Arundel County Police confirmed the police-involved shooting happened in the 100 block of Linwood Avenue around 5:17 a.m. “Under the law, family, police, mental health professionals can all ask for the protective orders to remove weapons,” said Sgt. Jacklyn David, with Anne Arundel County Police. That man was identified as Gary J. Willis of same address. Officials said Willis answered the door while holding a handgun. Willis then placed the gun next to the door. When officers began to serve him the order, Willis became irate and grabbed his gun. One of the officers tried to take the gun from Willis, but instead Willis fired the gun. The second officer fired a gun, striking Willis. He died at the scene. No police officers were injured and others inside the house were unharmed. Police continue to investigate the shooting. At this time it’s not clear who called police to alert them about Willis. Anne Arundel County Police have only had nine “red flag” calls so far. ********************************** This is the result of a law that requires the police to come to your home and take your guns without due process. One of these times it will be a cop that dies. Scenario: You have a fight with a neighbor about his dog shitting on your lawn. He knows you have guns and now has an easy way to get back, just call the police and file a complaint. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- A bill that would allow authorities to take guns away from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others cleared its first hurdle Tuesday. Senate Bill 5 passed in the Senate Public Affairs Committee. It now moves on to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The three Republican senators on the committee voted against the bill. However, all the Democrats voted in favor of the bill. The state Senate prohibited firearms in its public gallery and nearby rooms while the debate took place. Statehouse rules ordinarily allow the open carry of legally owned firearms. The bill now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Call your senator and tell them to vote NO! ************ Albuquerque Police Officers Association
 Second Amendment Rally @ the Roundhouse!
Did you guys catch the boogaloo in Virginia this week. Look what happened out there. We are going to have the same battle here. They had 22,000 show up, how many are going to attend this event?
At issue is the bill’s treatment of our constitutional right to due process as well as our right to keep and bear arms. An “extreme-risk protection order” would be issued through an ex parte process – the party subject to the order would first discover such an order had been pursued when the sheriff’s department is at the door seeking to take all firearms and ammunition present in the house into police custody. A hearing would then be set sometime in the next 15 days where the accused party would then be able to plead their case to a judge. Is sending an unexpected police tactical team to the door of someone who is experiencing a mental health crisis really the best option? There is no requirement in the bill to connect the accused individual with mental health resources. Police would simply take the firearms and ammunition and leave. The police would only confiscate firearms; any other types of weapons, such as machetes or other knives, would be left in the possession of the accused party. It is vitally important to point out that this order is a civil order, not a criminal one. Therefore, comparisons to holding someone in custody after a crime has been committed, but before charges have been filed, fall short. No crime has been committed or is alleged to have been committed – the accused party’s rights have been taken away on a suspicion that they might commit a crime (or harm themselves) in the future. A single round of the common 9mm handgun ammunition is about 0.4 inches in diameter and about 1.1 inches long. Where could this be hidden in a house? Just about anywhere. When executing an order, police would have wide ranging authority to search anywhere in the residence of the accused party. Given that police officers themselves could seek an order against an individual, the bill would legalize invasive police searches without probable cause of a crime being committed. Further, when the accused party receives a court date, he or she will not receive counsel without the financial wherewithal to afford a private attorney. In District of Columbia v. Heller, writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote: “the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms.” The accused party’s constitutional right to own a firearm for the next year is on the line when he/she finally receives a hearing. By only permitting an attorney to those with the financial means, the bill would codify that your rights as a New Mexican are dependent on your financial resources. Due process is a cornerstone of our legal system. To claim that “Extreme-Risk Protection Order” 2020 Senate Bill 5 meets the legal definition of due process is to dilute the meaning of due process. A dilution of this legal right impacts all New Mexicans, not just gun owners.  Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s Office
District of New Mexico
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 14, 2020
John C. Anderson
, United States Attorney Contact: Sean J. Sullivan
Man from Albuquerque Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Firearm PossessionALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Waldo Nahle, 37, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Jan. 10 to more than 20 years (250 months) in prison on three counts of distribution of methamphetamine, two counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nahle previously pleaded guilty to these offenses on July 22, 2019. According to public court documents, Nahle participated in sales of methamphetamine to an undercover agent on three different occasions in July 2016. Nahle conspired with his supplier and another methamphetamine trafficker in obtaining the drugs provided to the undercover agent in these transactions. Nahle also sold a pistol to the undercover agent and a confidential informant during the first transaction. Nahle was prohibited from possessing any firearms at the time of this offense based on prior felony convictions for armed robbery with a deadly weapon, battery of a peace officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and shooting from a motor vehicle. Following Nahle’s arrest for these offenses, he committed an additional offense of assaulting and impeding a federal employee. According to public court records, he assaulted a guard at the Sandoval County Detention Center on May 11, 2017. Nahle held the guard while another inmate kicked and punched the guard. Nahle pleaded guilty to this offense on Aug. 23, 2018. He is awaiting sentencing in this matter. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly A. Brawley and Eva M. Fontanez prosecuted the case. ******************** Put him in solitary where he can’t harm another guard and throw away the key. Let him rot his life away, worthless scumbag. |
|
||||||||||||
Copyright © 2026 New Mexico Shooting Sports - All Rights Reserved Web site design courtesy of Link Up Hosting and Web Design Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||||||||||||
