{"data":{"id":"us-nm/29-19-7","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"29-19-7","heading":"Demonstration of ability and knowledge; course requirement; proprietary interest; exemptions.","body":"A. The department shall prepare and publish minimum standards for approved firearms training courses that teach competency with handguns. A firearms training course shall include classroom instruction and range instruction and an actual demonstration by the applicant of his ability to safely use a handgun. An applicant shall not be licensed unless he demonstrates, at a minimum, his ability to use a handgun of .32 caliber. An approved firearms training course shall be a course that is certified or sponsored by a federal or state law enforcement agency, a college, a firearms training school or a nationally recognized organization, approved by the department, that customarily offers firearms training. The firearms training course shall be not less than fifteen hours in length and shall provide instruction regarding:\n(1) knowledge of and safe handling of single- and double-action revolvers and semiautomatic handguns;\n(2) safe storage of handguns and child safety;\n(3) safe handgun shooting fundamentals;\n(4) live shooting of a handgun on a firing range;\n(5) identification of ways to develop and maintain handgun shooting skills;\n(6) federal, state and local criminal and civil laws pertaining to the purchase, ownership, transportation, use and possession of handguns;\n(7) techniques for avoiding a criminal attack and how to control a violent confrontation; and\n(8) techniques for nonviolent dispute resolution.\nB. Every instructor of an approved firearms training course shall annually file a copy of the course description and proof of certification with the department.","path":["Chapter 29 - Law Enforcement","ARTICLE 19 Concealed Handgun Carry"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18529/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"3f85522b84b8eb16dc0feecc4b488ec104be6539f7feda61ce9ad948c34b0134","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/29-19-6","next":"us-nm/29-19-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}