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NRA-ILA | New Mexico: State and Local Lawmakers Take Action Against Governor’s Gun Ban Orders

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September 18, 2023

NRA-ILA | New Mexico: State and Local Lawmakers Take Action Against Governor’s Gun Ban Orders

Last week, NRA filed a state lawsuit against Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s illegal and unconstitutional gun carry ban in Albuquerque & Bernalillo County, and on all state property across New Mexico. We were joined by the entire Republican Caucuses of both the New Mexico House and Senate, as well as by the New Mexico Republican Party, the New Mexico Libertarian Party, and freedom-loving citizens of New Mexico who were impacted by the governor’s extremist edicts. NRA-ILA would like to thank these Republican state lawmakers from the Land of Enchantment who signed onto this litigation in support of your Second Amendment rights. If your state legislators are on this list, please take a moment to send them a note of thanks at their email addresses below. If you don’t know who your state lawmakers are, click here.

Rep. Ryan Lane, Minority Leader (R-San Juan- 3) [email protected]

Rep. Greg Nibert, Minority Whip (R-Chaves-59) [email protected]

Rep. Gail Armstrong (R-Catron, Sierra, Soc. & Val.-49) [email protected]

Rep. Brian Baca (R-Valencia- 8) [email protected]

Rep. John Block (R-Otero-51) [email protected]

Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R-Eddy & Lea-55) [email protected]

Rep. Jack Chatfield (R-Col,Cur,Har,Quay,S.M. & Un.-67) [email protected]

Rep. Mark Duncan (R-San Juan- 2) [email protected]

Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell (R-Chaves-58) [email protected]

Rep. Jason Harper (R-Sandoval-57) [email protected]

Rep. Joshua Hernandez (R-Sandoval-60) [email protected]

Rep. Jenifer Jones (R-Doña Ana, Hidalgo & Luna-32) [email protected]

Rep. Stefani Lord (R-Bernalillo & Torrance-22) [email protected]

Rep. Alan Martinez (R-Sandoval-23) [email protected]

Rep. Jimmy Mason (R-Chaves, Eddy & Lea-66) [email protected]

Rep. Tanya Mirabal Moya (R-Valencia- 7) [email protected]

Rep. Rod Montoya (R-San Juan- 1) [email protected]

Rep. Randy Pettigrew (R-Lea-61) [email protected]

Rep. Andrea Reeb (R-Chaves, Curry & Roosevelt-64) [email protected]

Rep. Bill Rehm (R-Bernalillo-31) [email protected]

Rep. Larry Scott (R-Lea-62) [email protected]

Rep. Luis Terrazas (R-Catron, Grant & Hidalgo-39) [email protected]

Rep. Jim Townsend (R-Chaves, Eddy & Otero-54) [email protected]

Rep. Harlan Vincent (R-Lincoln & Otero-56) [email protected]

Rep. Martin Zamora (R-Cur., DeBaca, Guad, Roos. & S.M.-63) [email protected]

Sen. Greg Baca, Minority Leader (R-Bernalillo & Valencia-29) [email protected]

Sen. Craig Brandt, Minority Whip (R-Sandoval-40) [email protected]

Sen. Bill Burt (R-Chaves, Lincoln & Otero-33) [email protected]

Sen. Crystal Diamond Brantley (R-Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Luna & Sierra-35) [email protected]

Sen. David Gallegos (R-Eddy & Lea-41) [email protected]

Sen. Ron Griggs (R-Doña Ana, Eddy & Otero-34) [email protected]

Sen. Stuart Ingle (R-Chaves, Curry, De B, Lea & Rsvlt-27) [email protected]

Sen. Mark Moores (R-Bernalillo-21) [email protected]

Sen. Steven Neville (R-San Juan- 2) [email protected]

Sen. Cliff Pirtle (R-Chaves, Eddy & Otero-32) [email protected]

Sen. Joshua Sanchez (R-Cibola, McKinley, Socorro & Val.-30) [email protected]

Sen. Gregg Schmedes (R-Bern., Sandoval, Santa Fe & Tor.-19) [email protected]

Sen. Bill Sharer (R-San Juan- 1) [email protected]

Sen. Pat Woods (R-Curry, Quay & Union- 7) [email protected]

NRA-ILA would also like to thank the following Democrat state lawmakers who promptly delivered a letter to the governor after she announced her radical orders, urging her to rescind them immediately. Please take a moment to thank them for the actions they took, to stand with law-abiding gun owners and law enforcement against her radical progressive agenda:

Rep. Ambrose Castellano (D-San Miguel & Torrance-70) [email protected]

Rep. Harry Garcia (D-Bern, Cib., McK,S.J., Soc. & Val-69) [email protected]

Rep. Tara Jaramillo (D-Doña Ana, Sierra & Socorro-38) [email protected]

Rep. Patricia Lundstrom (D-McKinley- 9) [email protected]

Rep. Willie Madrid (D-Doña Ana & Otero-53) [email protected]

Rep. Joseph Sanchez (D-Colfax, Mora, R.A., S.M. & Taos-40) [email protected]

Lastly, we would like to recognize the efforts of certain Albuquerque City Councilmembers, who have drafted and introduced resolutions urging state legislative action on the issues of public safety and behavioral health improvement, affirming the city’s support of the constitutional right of its citizens to keep and bear arms, and declaring its opposition to the governor’s orders (Resolutions R-23-170 and R-23-171, click to view copies of resolutions). These local resolutions could be heard as early as the October 2^nd, city council meeting. Please express your gratitude to them for their work to push back on the governor’s anti-gun administrative fiat:

District 5 Councilor Dan Lewis [email protected]

District 4 Councilor Brook Bassan [email protected]

District 9 Councilor Renee Grout [email protected]

District 1 Councilor Louie Sanchez [email protected]

While a temporary restraining order has been issued by a federal court against some of the governor’s original orders, and she has scaled back some of that order, NRA will continue to pursue our lawsuit in state court to hold her accountable for her unlawful and unconstitutional actions, and to prevent her and anti-gun politicians in other states from using such orders in the future to circumvent state legislatures and attempt to override state and U.S. constitutions to obliterate our Second Amendment rights.

Sincerely,
NRA Institute for Legislative Action

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Rep. Hembree resigns of New Mexico Legislature

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January 11, 2025

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Rep. Hembree resigns of New Mexico Legislature

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Legislature announced the resignation of Representative Jared Hembree on Saturday. A press release states the Chaves County lawmaker is stepping down due to unforeseen health-related circumstances that need immediate attention.

“It is with a heavy heart that I step down from the State Legislature,” Rep. Hembree said in a statement. “Serving the people of my district has been a profound honor. My family and I believe in Chaves County, and we must prioritize my health to ensure that we can serve in good faith in the future.”

Opening day for the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session is January 21.

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January 11, 2025

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Advocates want New Mexico to track climate change’s impact on public health • Source New Mexico

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January 10, 2025

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Advocates want New Mexico to track climate change’s impact on public health • Source New Mexico

Health care advocates and officials will renew efforts to track harm to New Mexicans’ health from climate disasters in the forthcoming legislative session.

Healthy Climate New Mexico, a nonprofit collective of health care professionals concerned about climate change, and nine other groups back two proposals to improve preparedness and adaptation to extreme weather driven by human-caused climate change.

The first would beef up a climate health program at New Mexico Department of Health to track health impacts from heat, wildfire smoke, drought, flooding, dust and severe storms. The second is a proposal to offer grant funds for local and tribal governments to better respond to weather disasters.

“Our bills are focused on adaptation and resilience, preparedness and collecting data, which is essential in really knowing who’s at highest risk and where the solutions need to be applied, said Shelley Mann-Lev, the nonprofit’s executive director, who has decades of public health experience in New Mexico.

Both require state funds. First, there’s $1.1 million for a climate health program to fund additional staff for the Department of Health; implement more warning systems; and increase communication between the department, the public and other state agencies.

The request for the Extreme Weather Resilience Fund would be $12 million. Advocates have said they’ll introduce two bills with sponsors in both the House and Senate, but neither was filed as of Friday, Jan. 10.

This would be the third time similar proposals have been brought before lawmakers, and Mann-Lev said there’s been increased support from both the governor’s office and members of the legislature.

A spokesperson from the New Mexico Department of Health declined to comment, saying it’s policy to not speak about legislation proposed by outside groups. A spokesperson from the governor’s office declined to comment since the bills have not been formally introduced.

Sen. Liz Stefanics (D-Cerillos), who plans to sponsor the Senate legislation, and has introduced it before, said there seems to be more momentum and concern around the issues.

‘Beyond the body counts’

Other groups supporting the bill include Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, New Mexico Voices for children, four public health groups, including the American Lung Association, and two climate organizations.

Advocates note that climate disasters already harm and kill New Mexicans. Deaths and injuries from extreme heat are rising; floods across the state, including Roswell, raise concerns for mold development; smoke from wildfires harms lungs, especially for children and the elderly.

Preventable heat injuries and deaths rising in New Mexico

Stephanie Moraga-McHaley ran the environment health tracking program at the New Mexico Department of Health until her retirement in 2024. She supports the bill because it could expand the current program, which tracks the raw numbers of deaths and injuries.

“There’s just so much that needs to be done besides the body counts,” said Stephanie Moraga-McHaley, who retired from the health agency in March. “We need to get some action in place, some coordination with other departments and communities in need.”

Current numbers of impacted people are an undercount, said Nathaniel Matthews-Trigg, a Healthy Climate New Mexico board member and public health researcher.

Matthews-Trigg said New Mexico health officials have made improvements in tracking the number of heat injuries and deaths – which are difficult numbers to pin down – but there needs to be more funding and staff on board.

“We know from emergency department visits that they’re increasing dramatically due to extreme heat,” Matthews-Trigg said. “But, we also know how we’re tracking these is really just giving us a sliver of the actual impact of heat on our communities and on health.”

He said climate disasters pose the “greatest public health threat in our lifetimes,” and warned that impacts will only worsen if heating from fossil fuel emissions doesn’t slow.

“It’s not going to go away,” he said. “And we’re flying blind, without the surveillance.”

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