0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 30
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                       JUDY VANDERSTAR RUSSELL
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN NEW MEXICO TO ADOPT THE EDDIE
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0012|     EAGLE GUN SAFETY PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION WITH
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0013|     A VIEW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL FIREARM-RELATED INJURIES TO
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0014|     CHILDREN.
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0016|          WHEREAS, teaching children to act safely around firearms
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0017|     is a critical step in the effort to reduce the number of
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0018|     firearm-related accidents among children; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, the Eddie Eagle gun safety program teaches the
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0020|     fundamentals of firearms safety to elementary school-aged
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0021|     children in an effective and enjoyable way, communicating to
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0022|     them the lifesaving message offered by the program:  "If you
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0023|     see a gun, STOP!  Don't touch.  Leave the area.  Tell an
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0024|     adult."; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, the nationally-recognized Eddie Eagle gun safety
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0001|     program materials are available free or at nominal cost to
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0002|     schools and police departments and have been used by more than
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0003|     eight thousand public or private schools and two thousand five
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0004|     hundred law enforcement agencies to reach over eight million
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0005|     six hundred thousand children since 1988; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, the Eddie Eagle gun safety program has been
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0007|     presented the 1994 golden achievement award of the national
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0008|     school public relations association, the 1995 national
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0009|     education award of the American legion and the 1996 award of
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0010|     merit from the national safety council's awards and recognition
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0011|     committee of the youth activities division;
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0012|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0013|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that civic and community service
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0014|     organizations are requested to foster the safety and well-being
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0015|     of the children of our state and help implement the Eddie Eagle
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0016|     gun safety program at the local level; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state department of public
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0018|     education be requested to promote the use of the Eddie Eagle
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0019|     gun safety program in our schools to help prevent firearm-
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0020|     related accidents among children; and
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0021|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0022|     transmitted to the state department of public education.
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0023|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0024|                      House of Representatives
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0025|   
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0001|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005|                                               February 28, 1997
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0008|   Mr. Speaker:
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0009|   
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0010|        Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0011|   
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0012|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 30
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0013|                               
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0016|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0017|   
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0018|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0023|   
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0024|                                                              Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0002|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0004|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0006|                        Date             
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0008|   The roll call vote was 10  For 0  Against
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0009|   Yes:      10
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0010|             Excused:  Miera, Nicely, Wright
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0011|             Absent:   None
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0016|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020|                                                  March 17, 1997
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0022|   Mr. President:
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0023|   
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0024|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0025|   
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0001|                      HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 30
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0002|   
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0003|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0011|   __________________________________
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0012|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0016|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0017|   Adopted_______________________
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                     Date ________________________
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0023|   
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0025|   The roll call vote was  4  For  2  Against
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0001|           Yes:    4
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0002|           No:     Lopez, Nava
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0003|                Excused:     Boitano, Duran, Garcia, Gorham
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0004|           Absent: None
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0007|   HJ030ED1
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