The 2023 Election Season is upon us!

History tells us that every voter has a habit of voting the same way each year. But did you know that each year there are changes in laws, voting locations, and poll worker training that may affect your vote plan?    In past elections, many Republican voters were unable to vote due to circumstances beyond their control such as technological problems at their voting locations, weather conditions, health and or transportation issues. Today is the day to MAKE A VOTE PLAN for this year’s election!

✔Register to Vote If you’re already registered to vote, make sure you complete the following steps:Check your registration. Make sure it’s active and updated, especially if you’ve moved or recently visited the MVD.Print a sample ballot ahead of time so you are well versed on the candidates and issues that you will be voting on. If you cannot print one at home, call our office, and we’ll email it or mail it to you! (505) 298-3662Request an absentee ballot application if you don’t plan to be in town and know you may not have a ride or want to avoid the lines at your voting locations.  Map your voting course. If you plan to vote in person, make sure you have 3 voting locations mapped out in case you have to go to a different voting site due to long lines, technological issues, or any other reason. Start your plan below and also receive important election date reminders!

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Just a quick reminder about our Cibola County Friends of NRA banquet coming up this August 19.

FYI . . . Getting your tickets now will help us with the meal count.

Hope to see you there.

Damon Landschoot

Cibola County,  Friends of NRA – Chair

(505) 610-0723

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New Mexico: Governor Announces Push for So-Called “Assault Weapons” Ban in 2024

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2023

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Remind your state lawmakers where you stand on this issue!

Yesterday at a press conference in the Roundhouse, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her intention to press forward with a ban on so-called “assault weapons” in the 2024 legislative session. Even-numbered year sessions are normally reserved for budget deliberations, but governors have the authority to “message” bills and make them germane to the fiscal session. She will once again use her power to target your Second Amendment rights!

The Legislature adjourned from this year’s 60-day session on March 18. Because of your testimony before legislative committees and countless calls and emails in opposition to House Bill 101 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe), the ban that Lujan Grisham had prioritized during the 60-day session failed to pass. This measure would have prohibited the manufacture, sale, purchase, and possession of semi-automatic firearms with detachable magazines that law-abiding citizens commonly own for self-defense, competition, and recreation, as well as certain attachments for them; banned handguns with fixed magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition and long guns with fixed magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition; banned parts or combinations of parts from which such firearms can be assembled; and banned .50 BMG caliber  ammunition. Current owners of any of these firearms or items would have had to register them with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety to maintain possession, or transfer them out of state or to a federal firearm licensed dealer, or face criminal charges. 

Remind your state lawmakers where you stand on this issue!  Let them know you OPPOSE the governor’s, and the progressive left’s, gun ban and firearms registration schemes, which only target law-abiding citizens and which criminals will ignore.

At noon today, the 2023 New Mexico Legislative Session came to a close. Only one bill, HB9, passed. See below for more details on that bill. All the other anti-gun bills we were fighting against died. That list includes proposed bans on magazines and guns, waiting periods, age restrictions, FFL and gun manufacturer civil liability, and the polling place gun ban. Thank you to everyone who spoke out against these bills. There were a number of Republican, and some Democrat, legislators who fought hard for our rights in Santa Fe and we thank them. We are now preparing for the possibility of a special session focused on anti-gun legislation. NMSSA has already begun to prepare for such a session. If there is one, it is likely to be short, as special sessions have been in the past. To maximize our voice during a potential special session on gun bills, we will be holding a rally in Santa Fe during the special session if the governor calls one. Please continue to watch for our alerts for news of a possible special session.  HB9: This bill is the one that passed and was signed by the governor. This bill will charge a gun owner with a misdemeanor if a third-party minor uses their firearm to threaten or injure someone. There is a felony charge for the gun owner if a third-party minor uses their firearm to kill someone. The bill, in its final version, does not specify how a firearm must be stored, but instead allows for the method of storage be used as a defense for a gun owner charged with a crime under the bill.

We have less than two days left in this year’s legislative session. Today, SB428 was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee, but it was amended. The amendments were not good ones, but they force the bill to travel back to the senate for concurrence if it passes the house side. That was the only action to report on as of the writing of this email – but they are meeting late into the night now. Below is the list of bills we are watching as the clock quickly winds down in Santa Fe. HB9: This bill is the one that passed and has been signed by the governor so far. This bill will charge a gun owner with a misdemeanor if a third-party minor uses their firearm to threaten or injure someone. There is a felony charge for the gun owner if a third-party minor uses their firearm to kill someone. The bill, in its final version, does not specify how a firearm must be stored, but instead allows for the method of storage be used as a defense for a gun owner charged with a crime under the bill.  HB100: The house version of a 14-day waiting period is still on the floor of the house waiting for a vote, but the governor is pushing hard to try to move the bill before the session comes to a close. Use this link to tell house members to oppose the bill. SB44: This bill would ban the open or concealed carry of firearms within 100ft of a polling place. It has been sitting on the house floor for a few days now with no vote taken yet. SB427: This is the senate version of a 14-day waiting period. It has been sitting on the floor of the senate for several days now with no action taken yet. Use this link to tell members of the senate to oppose the bill. SB428: This bill would make it easier for the State or New Mexico or anti-gun groups to sue gun manufacturers or retailers in New Mexico. It is now on the house floor waiting for a vote by all members of the house.

We have less than three days left in the 2023 Legislative Session. What happens in the coming hours will determine what legislation passes, or fails to pass. Here are the bills we are tracking as the session comes to a close. If a bill is not listed here, it is not quite dead yet, but faces a narrow, uphill battle to pass. HB9: This bill is the one that passed and has been signed by the governor so far. This bill will charge a gun owner with a misdemeanor if a third-party minor uses their firearm to threaten or injure someone. There is a felony charge for the gun owner if a third-party minor uses their firearm to kill someone. The bill, in its final version, does not specify how a firearm must be stored, but instead allows for the method of storage be used as a defense for a gun owner charged with a crime under the bill.  HB100: The house version of a 14-day waiting period is still on the floor of the house waiting for a vote, but the governor is pushing hard to try to move the bill before the session comes to a close. Use this link to tell house members to oppose the bill. Even if you have contacted them before, we need you to do it again to keep up the pressure against the bill. SB44: This bill would ban the open or concealed carry of firearms within 100ft of a polling place. It has been sitting on the house floor for a few days now with no vote taken yet. SB427: This is the senate version of a 14-day waiting period. It has been sitting on the floor of the senate for several days now with no action taken yet. Use this link to tell members of the senate to oppose the bill. SB428: This bill would make it easier for the State or New Mexico or anti-gun groups to sue gun manufacturers or retailers in New Mexico. It will be in the House Judiciary Committee on 3/16 at 9:00am in Room 309 (Zoom Link).