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Today, the 2024 New Mexico Legislative Session officially started. The governor wasted no time attacking out rights in her State of the State speech. She has made it clear that once again she is targeting your right to own a firearm while ignoring New Mexico’s broken criminal justice system. This year is a 30-day budget session, but there have been a multitude of gun related bills filed so far. Here is the list we are tracking, some we support, most we are opposed to. HB27 – Expand New Mexico’s “red-flag extreme risk protection order” gun confiscation law to allow a police officers and any “health care professionals” to seek an order against someone. It would also allow police to obtain a search warrant under the purely civil orders and require an accused party to immediately surrender their firearms. HB58 – Remove the law passed in 2019 to criminalize private firearm sales. HB78 – Make New Mexico a permitless or “constitutional” concealed carry state. HB79 – Reduce gross receipts tax on firearm and ammunition sales. HB81 – Tax credits for gun safe purchases. While this is a concept we support, one of the bill’s sponsors was also a sponsor of mandatory storage laws in the past, so it is a bill we will be watching very carefully. HB114 – Increased civil liability for the firearms industry by creating new civil actions against gun manufacturers and retailers in New Mexico. Several New Mexico FFLs have told us they would go out of business if this bill passes. HB127 – Banning anyone under 21 from purchasing or possessing a semiautomatic firearm. An 18-year old who currently own a semiautomatic firearm would not be allowed to keep their gun if the bill passes. HB129 – Mandatory 14-day waiting period on firearm sales. After you purchased a gun, you would have to wait 14 business days before you could take it home with you. SB5 – Banning firearms near polling places. Additionally, we are expecting several more bills that have yet to be filed, or do not have a bill number yet. A semi-automatic rife ban that would also require current owners to register their firearms with the state. This is going to be a very busy session for gun owners. We will be sending out alerts as we receive information on bills and when they will be heard Zac Fort NMSSA NM Gov. Grisham 2024 Gun Control Package Is Insane from Colin Noir
The 30-day session is a budget session, so non-budget bills require a message from the governor to be added to the agenda. Here are some bills that have been filed, but we don’t know yet if they will be heard. HB58Â from Representative Lord would repeal New Mexico’s law criminalizing private firearm sales. HB78 from Representative Block would make New Mexico a permitless, or constitutional carry, state. HB79 from Representative Block would reduce gross receipts tax on firearm and ammunition sales. HB81 from Representatives Reeb and Hernandez would give New Mexicans a tax credit for purchasing a gun safe. We will continue to update you on the progress of firearm related legislation in Santa Fe. Please forward our email alerts to your contacts who need to know what is happening in Santa Fe and let them know they can subscribe for free anytime. Also, please consider donating to NMSSA to help us keep up the fight for your rights in New Mexico.  Second Amerndment Day Rally Santa Fe NM |
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| Do you have a passion for wildlife and the outdoors? Do you want a job that gets you out of the office? Are you ready to find a career and not just another job? You are invited to join us virtually on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. as we visit with Lt. Andrew Armendariz from our Field Operations Division about what it takes to become a New Mexico game warden, and how to navigate the current hiring process.
This session aims to provide information on what a career as a game warden looks like, and why wildlife law enforcement plays an essential role in our Department. We are currently hiring game warden recruits, so this is your opportunity to learn how to apply, what the requirements are, what the training timeline looks like and to ask questions about the process. The educational requirements to become a game warden include a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in any field with at least 12 credit hours that pertain to the essential duties and responsibilities of this classification. Essential duties and responsibilities of this position: |
Visit our website at https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/enforcement/career-advancement/ to review the position details before the live session. To participate virtually, click here to register in advance for this session. Please bring questions for the Q&A session after our presentation, or you can send them to Colleen Payne in advance. This session will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel if you can’t make the live session. |
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