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‘Please help me’: Kids with guns fueled a record number of school shootings in 2021 - Washington Po

New Mexico is one of 20 states that has no child access prevention law, according to the Giffords Law Center. That’s despite the fact that if children as young as 6 did not have access to guns, according to a Post analysis, well more than half of the country’s school shootings since 1999 would never have happened.

More states consider laws to punish parents if children fire unsecured guns - Washington Post

The first inkling that New Mexico state Rep. Pamelya Herndon (D) had that a fatal school shooting had just unfolded near her Albuquerque field office came as helicopters hovered overhead and police shouted from loudspeakers that everyone in the area should take shelter.

Bennie Hargrove Act: New Mexico lawmaker prepares gun safety bill

Rep. Herndon is working to get the legislation ready for the upcoming session, saying this is a priority.

Newly-appointed state rep talks priorities

Rep. Pamelya Herndon is ready to help tackle long-standing problems in the New Mexico State Legislature.

Advocate Finds Niche at Center

“I was going to be the civil rights worker who was going to change the world,” said Pamelya Herndon.

A tale of two Americas: How law enforcement handled the Capitol riots vs BLM protests

"Something really was wrong, we had two Americas that we were looking at," said Pamelya Herndon, 1st Vice President of the NAACP of Albuquerque.

DPNM Unveils Statewide Officers At Spring 2021 Meeting

Pamelya Herndon elected Secretary of State Democratic Party

Lifting Indigenous Women’s Voices, new group forms

Long-time reproductive justice advocate and lawyer Pamelya Herndon, who is acting as a legal advisor to the group, said the council will “lift the voices of Native women.”

Join Albuquerque Business First for our virtual Fall Women's Summit on Oct. 15

Pamelya Herndon, CEO of KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Change, will be among the panelists at Albuquerque Business First's Fall Women's Summit.

Wanted: 18-year-old women to vote

“I got my passion for social justice issues from my mother,” Herndon said.

NAACP Albuquerque discusses equal access to justice in the 21st century

Herndon explains that the NAACP believes that protests must be peaceful so that the demand for justice is not muted.

Domestic violence victims have a new avenue to find help

"There will be financial navigators that will be beside them every step of the way," Herndon said. "And that's really another important aspect of the program you're not just throwing somebody out right? You have access to financial resources."