Carry Law Preemptions for New Mexico

January 11, 2016

New Mexico Supreme Court Ruling
Opinion Number: 2002-NMSC-017

“We determine that the Legislature’s delegation of authority to local governments to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons in Section 29-18-11(D) violates the constitutional proscription against municipal and county regulation of an incident of the right to keep and bear arms in Article II, Section 6 of the New Mexico Constitution.”