New Mexico law enforcement in one state senator's district asked him to introduce a constitutional (permitless) carry bill because the penalty for carrying concealed (open carry is already permitless) without a license is a petty misdemeanor  and not worth the time and manpower to enforce (because there is no other law enforcement problem from concealed carriers). Imagine that. Another place in the United States where the government law enforcement agents have the opposite view of Hawaii's "public safety" "public servants".

Not in the text story, but in the video, please note the gun store/range owner who conducts the current 15 hour New Mexico required training course for a CCW believes that the Second Amendment guaranteed right includes a government-mandated training requirement (which he, coincidentally, just happens to benefit from financially). They must have edited to video tape to exclude when he extended his argument for a concealed carry training requirement ("How to pull your gun from your holster. Where to avoid. If you're in a crowded area where should you be pointing your firearm.") to say "And that's why I'm asking my state legislators to introduce a law that would mandate that same training to Open Carry, which now has no such requirement and thus why we see the plethora of news stories about open carriers not be able to safely pull their gun from their holster, etc. I'm all for the Second Amendment, but you know, the common sense gun safety kind.".

So, I have to ask again, for the umteenth time, what is it that Hawaii legislators and law enforcement know about the law-abiding citizens of Hawaii that makes them incompetent, immature and dangerous compared to mainland citizens like those in (in this case) New Mexico?

http://krqe.com/2016/12/29/new-mexico-lawmaker-looks-to-make-it-easier-for-eligible-adults-to-carry-a-gun/

New Mexico lawmaker looks to make it easier for eligible adults to carry a gun

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a constitutional right to carry a firearm. Now, one New Mexico state lawmaker wants to make it easier for people to exercise that right.

“It would allow anyone who would be legally entitled to own firearms and carry firearms to do so without having a concealed carry permit,” explained Republican State Senator Steve Neville of San Juan County.

Senator Neville wants to introduce a bill based on the constitutional carry concept.

“We’re extending the right to keep and bear arms without any procedural requirements to do so,” he said.

Yet, you could still take a training course and you would have to, if you ever wanted to conceal carry your gun out of state.

“The training’s very minimal anyway,” said Neville.

Caliber’s COO and Franchising President Will Hogsett says New Mexico’s concealed carry training consists of 15 hours of class time, plus shooting qualification.

“It’s actually one of the most stringent in the country,” Hogsett said.

Hogsett says they’re all for second amendment rights, but only with required education.

Senator Neville says he proposed the bill after law enforcement officials in his district asked him to, concerned about the time it takes to enforce carrying without a permit, a petty misdemeanor.

There are currently 40,000 New Mexicans with concealed carry permits; 10,000 of them are women.