/tags/gun-laws gun laws en-US Copyright Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:04:22 GMT /judge-denies-NRA-gun-waiting-period-block New Mexico’s Democratic Party announced Wednesday evening that its convention delegation as a whole is officially endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential nomination. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:04:22 GMT /judge-denies-NRA-gun-waiting-period-block 91°µÍø News /kunm-news-update/2024-07-02/tues-aps-makes-new-superintendent-official Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller plans to veto the City Council’s proposal to change the city’s voting system this week, but if councilors vote the same way they did initially, they will have enough votes to override it. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:54:26 GMT /kunm-news-update/2024-07-02/tues-aps-makes-new-superintendent-official 91°µÍø News /local-news/2023-12-06/heinrich-looks-to-regulate-firearms-commonly-used-in-mass-shootings New Mexico has the third highest rate of gun violence in the nation according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a way to combat this, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, is proposing a bill that would regulate certain kinds of semi-automatic weapons based on their lethality. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:36:37 GMT /local-news/2023-12-06/heinrich-looks-to-regulate-firearms-commonly-used-in-mass-shootings Jeanette DeDios /news/2022-02-04/proposed-law-would-punish-unlawful-access-to-a-gun-by-a-minor The proposed legislation is known as the Bennie Hargrove Gun Safety Act after the 13 year old killed at school in Albuquerque in 2021, allegedly by a fellow student using his parent's weapon. Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:55:05 GMT /news/2022-02-04/proposed-law-would-punish-unlawful-access-to-a-gun-by-a-minor Alice Fordham /news/2020-01-24/lawmaker-says-gun-bill-would-help-prevent-suicides New Mexico has a gun death rate higher than the national average, and two-thirds of those deaths are suicides. The Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order… Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:28:45 GMT /news/2020-01-24/lawmaker-says-gun-bill-would-help-prevent-suicides Taylor Velazquez /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-25/gun-control-bills-advance-in-n-m-legislature Lawmakers have advanced a package of gun control bills in the state legislature. There are two bills that would expand background checks. Another would… Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:00:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-25/gun-control-bills-advance-in-n-m-legislature May Ortega /local-news/2018-02-27/lets-talk-school-shootings-and-gun-laws Let's Talk New Mexico 3/1, 8a: After 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month, the national conversation has turned… Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:40:22 GMT /local-news/2018-02-27/lets-talk-school-shootings-and-gun-laws Hannah Colton /local-news/2018-02-06/gun-control-advocates-say-penalty-bill-wont-help New Mexico has some of the most relaxed gun laws in the U.S. There’s no waiting period to buy a firearm, and there aren’t any state laws restricting what… Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:06:52 GMT /local-news/2018-02-06/gun-control-advocates-say-penalty-bill-wont-help Marisa Demarco