I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The Associated Press reports the federal government is telling gun sellers in border states that they must report anyone who has purchased two high-powered rifles within a five day period.
The guidelines affect New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Texas.
The…
Though medical marijuana is legal in New Mexico, the drug is still regarded as an illegal scheduled substance by the federal government. Given the federal government sets the rules on who can own guns, medicinal marijuana smokers of this state…
Gov. Susana Martinez successfully renewed her concealed-carry permit, and tweeted a YouTube video to prove it.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives promoted three supervisors to new management operations after they supervised operation Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed nearly 2,000 guns to “walk” across the U.S./Mexico border over 14 months. Nearly 200 have been recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and two guns were at the scene of the murder of Border Patrolman Brian Terry.
Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post reports on how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives mishandled a gun-running sting along the U.S.-Mexico border termed Operation Fast and Furious. The agents were instructed not to arrest straw purchasers as they handed over semi-automatic weapons to middlemen. One of those guns ended up killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on December 14, 2010 in Mexico.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry blasted out a statement opposing the new reporting rules for multiple semiautomatic gun purchases in states bordering Mexico. “Singling out border states and targeting legal gun sales and sellers will have little or no impact on the Mexican cartels transporting drugs, guns and cash to and from major cities throughout the U.S.,” he said.
United States firearms officials will likely make changes to their efforts to stop firearms from reaching Mexican drug cartels after criticism from a Justice Department report released yesterday, CNN reports. The report indicates some successes: Authorities have intercepted more…
All three of New Mexico’s freshman Democratic congressmen have been endorsed by The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF). Martin Heinrich, Harry Teague and Ben Ray Luján each received “A” grades from the nation’s largest gun-rights organization.
The NRA cited…
Guns used in crimes in Mexico are coming through New Mexico, Arizona and Texas at a rate nearly twice that of any other states, according to a report from a group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The highest number of…
It’s unclear whether Robert Reza, the shooter in last week’s rampage that left two dead in Albuquerque, was one of the more than 17,000 individuals in New Mexico permitted to carry a concealed weapon. And you likely won’t ever know. Information about who can legally carry a concealed weapon in the state, including names, is confidential under state law (29-19-6, Subsection B). While New Mexico’s decision to make information on concealed-carry applications confidential appears in line with many surrounding states, it is by no means universal, a survey by The Independent has found.
Despite fears on the right that Obama would trample the Second Amendment and take people’s guns, his presidency has so far been marked by a string of pro-gun victories and a reinvigorated gun advocacy movement — the result of a Democratic leadership that has proven unwilling to take on powerful firearm interests.
Is it a coincidence that the NM GOP on Wednesday forwarded to reporters a story about how Republican gubernatorial candidate Martinez carries a .45—the same day that Martinez campaign strategists were struggling to brush off the news that a Martinez employee forwarded a joke in which a “New Mexican girl” shoots an Arab and a Mexican with her .45?
A Party spokeswoman says emphatically “yes,” but till, the coincidence made some cringe.
“The question is: Are they meaning to say that she just carries a .45— or are they really meaning to say, on this day, with this news, she also would throw a glass up in the air?” state Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, said.
New Mexico militia leader Bob Wright was among a group of New Mexicans attending a gun rights rally in Northern Virginia on Monday. Earlier this year, a tea party group in Alamogordo held an open-carry tea party in the southern…
A new Arizona law will allow folks 21 and older to carry concealed weapons without needing a permit from the state first. But that doesn’t mean New Mexico should follow Arizona’s lead, said Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, who was…
Santa Fe Mayor David Coss is the lone New Mexican to join a group of mayors asking President Barack Obama to do more on gun control. As The Huffington Post reported, Coss signed on to a letter sent by New…
It’s not a scientific poll, but as of this afternoon, 74 percent of respondents in a New Mexico Business Weekly “Business Pulse” survey say “no” to the question “Should patrons be allowed to carry guns into bars?”. Last month,…
The Otero County Fair Board has decided to keep the “no guns” signs posted on the fairgrounds, reports The Alamogordo Daily News.
The Farmington Daily Times reviews the complexity of state gun laws, reporting that the new gun…
It’s a slow day here as we gear up for the special session, so I’ve actually had time to read news published on sites other than my own. Shocking–but true! Here’s what’s got me interested today:
Is that guy who…
“Stop and think about it: A legislator doesn’t feel comfortable with somebody with a concealed weapon in the place that he works, but it’s OK for that person to go into other places where other people work,” Jim Baca,…
“It would be a case of us asking everyone who comes in ‘Are you 21?’ and ‘Are you carrying a concealed firearm?” Al Lucero of Maria’s restaurant in Santa Fe said Monday of a bill that would allow concealed weapons in restaurants that serve beer and wine. Meanwhile, John Nardine, the general manager at Upper Crust pizza in Santa Fe, told The Independent: “I just think it’s a really bad idea.”
