Business booms, questions loom for New Mexico gun stores

how they’ll be affected when crossing the state line. abc7s jamie warren joins us live, from our new mexico mobile newsroom. rick and maria, one of the questions we’ve heard from las crucens is whether they’re new mexico open carry permit will be valid in texas. an el paso gun instructor told us yes. but we went over to a las cruces shop today to find out a little more pkg 17:37:40- 17:37:43 nat pop 17:43:12 mos at store we’re shopping for protection for the family here in las cruces, gun shop owner harry stryker says business has boomed after recent violence, especially the massacre in san bernardino. 17:19:22 harry stryker, owner, strykers shooting world there was kind of a rush on the concealed carry firearms one day all of my distributors were sold out of guns that size will texas’s open carry law have an impact on businesses across the state line? stryker tells me he doesn’t anticipate an increase in sales here in las cruces 17:20:44 stryker federal law prohibits handguns being sold to a person that does not reside in the state they’re trying to purchase it in. so if you lived in el paso you would not be able to come to my store in new mexico and leave with it stryker and other gun shop owners i spoke with today say while that federal law applies to hand guns, it doesnt apply to rifles. he also said you can still purchase a hand gun in nm. if you dont live there, it would just need to be shipped to a registered fire arms licensee in el paso where they would do a background check on you, and then you could get the gun. jamie, with an update clearing up some confusion regarding the open carry law. thank you. tonight, the texas open carry law is one of the topics you are buzzing about on the kvia.com facebook page. tonight, the texas open carry law is one of the topics you are buzzing thank you. tonight, the texas open carry law is one