State Affiliate of the NRA "What is the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association? First and foremost, NMSSA is a New Mexico based organization supporting and working for the gun owners of our state. Members come from all areas and backgrounds. If you own a firearm or support the responsible ownership of firearms, you should belong to NMSSA. NMSSA is the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association. When NRA works in New Mexico, they work with NMSSA. NMSSA protects our constitutional firearms rights, promotes marksmanship and all shooting sports, promotes the conservation and wise use of New Mexico wildlife resources, and strives to create public sentiment supporting the individual possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens. NMSSA is the voice and organization for those NM shooters without a local club. This becomes more important as shooting ranges are forced to close."