From The New Mexico Shooting Sports Association

Now that stupid voters re-elected Gov. "Malevolent Michelle" Lujan Grisham and the Democrat majority in the New Mexico legislature, you can expect assaults on our Second Amendment rights to start up again when the legislative session begins next month.

I received an email from the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association (NMSSA) which reads in part:

Many of you know that one of our main goals as an organization is to preserve our gun rights in New Mexico. The second amendment of the United State states this.

“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

The Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms for the defense of life and liberty.

The New Mexico Constitution Article II – Bill of Rights Section 6. 

No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons.

There are an estimated 415 Million guns in the United States, making us one of the largest armies in the world. The gun is the great equalizer when it comes to personal defense. There is the old cliché that states, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

However, many individuals and so-called gun control groups are trying to eliminate your right to own a firearm.

We not only have to fight the anti-gun groups, but we have to deal with the falsehoods coming out of the mouths of many of our politicians.

There are Lies, Damn lies, and then there are Joe Biden's lies saying things like, “Do you realize the bullet out of an AR-15 travels five times as rapidly as a bullet shot out of any other gun?”

Not only is a modern cartridge fired by the AR-15 not “five times” faster than “any other gun,” it is actually slower than many other modern cartridges that fire similar weight projectiles. The 5.56x45mm cartridge is limited to around 3,200 feet per second in standard loadings out of the 20-inch or shorter barrels common to AR-15s. Cartridges like the .204 Ruger and .22-250 can push similar bullets up to and beyond 4,000 feet per second.

In August, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1808, titled the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.” Much like the Clinton Gun Ban of the 1990s, this measure would ban many firearms simply by their appearance. Additionally, it would ban hundreds of models of AR-style and AK-style rifles by name, and even many pistols and shotguns, along with standard-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.

In the state of Oregon, under the guise of the "Reduction of Gun Violence Act," Oregon passed a Ballot Measure 114. The Ballot Measure 114 is an unconstitutional, anti-gun initiative package that includes a state-run government registry of gun owners’ personal information and firearms, requires a permit to purchase a firearm, imposes an indefinite delay on background checks, and bans any magazine with over a 10-round capacity.

New Mexicans can expect to hear a lot about gun law reform and other related issues during the 2023 60-day legislative session starting next month.

Here are some of the types of bills you can expect to see in January.

1.  Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has called for a statewide ban on AR-15-style rifle sales.

2.  Expanding the Red Flag Laws

3.  Raising the age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase a rifle or shotgun.

4.  A mandatory Gun Storage law, making it a crime if someone uses your gun and it is not properly locked up in your own home.

We call it the criminal protection act.

5.  A High Capacity Magazine Ban

If you think New Mexico could not end up like Oregon, think again. New Mexico reelected a Governor with major anti-gun policies, and we have a new Attorney General, Raul Torres, who actually sat at the same table in the New Mexico legislature and testified with the anti-gun group Mom’s Demand Action a couple of years ago.

There are many Gun Groups asking for your support to fight the left's Anti-gun views and actions, but remember this, when it comes to really fight for New Mexico’s gun rights in the New Mexico state legislature, the NMSSA has always been there fighting for those rights since 1935. The New Mexico Shooting Sports Association and our partner, the National Rifle Association (NRA), will continue to work for you.

Thank you for your support in the past, but we need you to continue supporting us. The fight will go on. If you would like to help us, please go to our website, nmssa.org, and become a member, donate to us or support our fundraiser and purchase an online raffle ticket. Maybe you will win a brand-new AR-15. The NMSSA has committed to giving away an AR-15-style modern sporting rifle every month until MLG is out of office. This month we are giving away our 15th rifle, and we will continue until all of our gun rights are preserved.

Thank you again for your support.

Anthony Segura, Executive Director

New Mexico Shooting Sports Association