What does the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association do?
• NMSSA provides a unified voice for legislative issues including concealed carry, shooting range protection, and pre-emption of anti-gun legislation. • NMSSA keeps legislators informed concerning firearms and hunting legislation by providing factual and logical information for pro-gun and pro-hunting positions. Members are also kept informed on what their legislators are up to. • In election years NMSSA and NRA rate local state and local candidates on firearms issues, and the results are published in NRA and NMSSA publications. • NMSSA is affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), which supports the national need for a core of trained citizen marksmen. CMP also extensively sponsors junior marksmanship programs and other training classes. • NMSSA members may purchase surplus military and match firearms from the CMP. • NMSSA sponsors formal firearms training at all levels. Several programs have been developed especially for women. Youth training includes both gun safety tr
