New Mexico generally prohibits bringing ammunition onto the grounds of the penitentiary of New Mexico or any other designated correctional institution,¹ or any county or municipal jail.² The state also prohibits any person from bringing ammunition into any juvenile detention or correctional facility.³

However, New Mexico generally does not:

• Require a license for the sale of ammunition;

• Ensure that sellers of ammunition maintain records of the purchasers;

• Require a license to purchase or possess ammunition;

• Prohibit persons who are ineligible to possess firearms under state law from possessing ammunition, although the federal ammunition purchaser prohibitions apply; or

• Restrict armor-piercing ammunition, although the federal prohibition on certain kinds of armor-piercing ammunition  applies.

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1. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-22-14(A), (C)(1).[↩]
2. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-22-14(B), (C)(1).[↩]
3. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-22-14.1(A), (B)(1).[↩]