Fairfax, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- House Bill 431, passed during the 2015 Regular Session of the New Mexico Legislature, went into effect over the weekend – making multiple changes to the process of applying for and renewing a concealed handgun license in New Mexico.
Originally sponsored by state Representative Bob Wooley (R-66) and expanded by a floor amendment from state Senator Craig Brandt (R-40), HB 431 allows certain military service personnel and current New Mexico Mounted Patrol members to forego the training and fee requirements to apply for or renew a license.
More information on the new law can be found here.
Further, the New Mexico Department of Public Safety has announced that individuals applying to renew their license are no longer required to submit fingerprints. With these changes, the renewal application fee will revert back to $75.
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I love reading comments on these gun-friendly sites. It’s not enough that Americans are allowed to own almost any gun imaginable, they are always afraid that government is looking for ways to take their guns. I’ve owned rifles and handguns since 1973. I’ve been licensed in CA, NC, and now I carry a CCW from Arizona. I am a military veteran, (paratrooper from 1/503 Inf., 173rd Airborne Bde.(SEP) in Vietnam 68-70, also and I have heard this garbage about government taking our guns for 45 years. There have been a few times where I walked a fine line between being… Read more »
When I first heard about this bill passing I was very glad. BUT, after thinking about it I changed my mind. Upon renewing as a military veteran, you are required to submit a DD form 214 which is then attached to your conceal carry license file. You will then be specifically identified on a firearm license as a military veteran. This is just another insidious underhanded way to collect and specifically identify military veterans that own firearms and carry them for active use in defense of ourselves and other innocent people. Now, put that together with all of the other… Read more »
Pay the state as an honorably discharged veteran,to exercise my rights as an American citizen? No I dont think so!