>A crime is a wrongdoing classified by the state or Congress as a felony or misdemeanor. A criminal is One that has committed or been legally convicted of a crime.
I gave you an example of such a classified wrongdoing; the carrying of firearms on Universities is a misdemeanor according to state statute 30-7-2.4. However, the State Constitution prohibits laws abridging the right to keep and bear arms.
I ask you again; would I be a criminal if I were to open-carry my glock at the university? Why or why not?
You did not give full details. I am not an expert on NM laws but it appears that if you were walking down the sidewalk on campus not IAW the listed exceptions, NM law would consider you a criminal, you would probably be stopped and depending on the officer escorted off campus or arrested. Then you could go to court and possibly take it to the state supreme court to decide if the law is constitutional.