MEMBERS OF NEW MEXICANS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE EXPECT TO SEE AN UPTICK IN GUN SALES IN NEW MEXICO AFTER THE LATEST MASS SHOOTING … THE LARGEST IN MODERN U-S HISTORY … IN LAS VEGAS THAT KILLED 59 AND LEFT MORE THAN 500 WOUNDED.
GROUP CO-PRESIDENT MIRANDA VISCOLI SAYS 64 YEAR OLD STEPHEN PADDOCK COULD HAVE STILL BOUGHT ALL HIS WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION, EVEN IF THERE WERE STRICTER BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THOSE SALES. AND SHE SAYS NEW MEXICO’S GUN LAWS ARE MUCH LIKE THOSE IN NEVADA.
AT LEAST ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF SUNDAY NIGHT’S MASS SHOOTING IN LAS VEGAS WAS ALSO FROM NEW MEXICO. THE GALLUP-MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS LISA ROMERO-MUNIZ, A DISCIPLINE SECRETARY AT MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOL IN GALLUP, WAS AMONG THOSE SHOT AND KILLED. A RELATIVE TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT THE 48 YEAR OLD ROMERO-MUNIZ WAS A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER.
