0001|                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 5
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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|                          R. DAVID PEDERSON
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0010|                          A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011|     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 2, SECTION 6 OF THE
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0012|     CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PERMIT THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED
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0013|     WEAPONS.
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0015|     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  It is proposed to amend Article 2, Section 6
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0017|     of the constitution of New Mexico to read:
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0018|          "No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and
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0019|     bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and
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0020|     recreational use and for other lawful purposes <s>[but nothing
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<s></s>0021| <s>    herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed
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<s></s>0022| <s>    weapons]</s>.  No municipality or county shall regulate, in any
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0023|     way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms."
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0024|          Section 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0025|     shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0001|     rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0002|     election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0003|     purpose.
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