44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2000
RELATING TO CRIMES; CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A DEADLY WEAPON.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 30-7-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 303, Section 7-2, as amended) is amended to read:
"30-7-2. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A DEADLY WEAPON.--
A. Unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon consists
of carrying a concealed loaded firearm or any other type of
deadly weapon [anywhere, except in the following cases:
(1) in the person's residence or on real
property belonging to him as owner, lessee, tenant or
licensee;
(2) in a private automobile or other private
means of conveyance, for lawful protection of the person's or
another's person or property;
(3) by a peace officer in accordance with the
policies of his law enforcement agency who is certified
pursuant to the Law Enforcement Training Act; or
(4) by a peace officer in accordance with the
policies of his law enforcement agency who is employed on a
temporary basis by that agency and who has successfully
completed a course of firearms instruction prescribed by the
New Mexico law enforcement academy or provided by a certified
firearms instructor who is employed on a permanent basis by a
law enforcement agency] with the intent to use the weapon to
commit a crime.
B. The element of intent required pursuant to this section shall not be presumed or inferred from the existence of possession of the weapon.
[B.] C. Nothing in this section [shall be
construed to prevent] prohibits the carrying of any unloaded
firearm.
[C.] D. Whoever commits unlawful carrying of a
deadly weapon is guilty of a petty misdemeanor."