Crime and gun violence have doubled in Dona Ana County since 2018 and it’s more vital than ever that our community makes a change.

Proper

Gun
Safety

is the responsibility of every gun owner and helps keep gun related crimes down.

Death by firearm was the 3rd

leading cause of injury death

in 2017 in New Mexico

A large number of gun related crimes are committed with stolen firearms.
New Mexico’s gun-death rate has been consistently higher than the U.S. average.
In 2017, New Mexico had the 10th highest firearm injury death rate among U.S. states, 18.4 per 100,000.
63% of high school students live with a gun in their homes in Dona Ana County.
In 2019, 471 New Mexicans died by gun violence, an average of one person every day. Suicides were 60% of the gun deaths and homicides were 34%.

Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind you to always safely store your firearms and remember to lock your vehicles.

Brought to you by the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office