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New Mexico Supreme Court Strikes Down Concealed Weapons Law
Handgun Control / Brady Campaign ^ | 6/5/2002 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 09/20/2002 9:32:38 AM PDT by vannrox

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6/5/2002


New Mexico Supreme Court Strikes Down Concealed Weapons Law

Gun Lobby's Proposals Are Defeated Around the Country

(Washington, D.C.) The New Mexico Supreme Court yesterday struck down the gun lobby-supported state law allowing the carrying of concealed weapons (CCW). This decision marks yet another defeat for the National Rifle Association's (NRA) efforts to force police to issue CCW permits.

"Across the country, states are rejecting the gun lobby's aggressive push to allow anyone to carry a hidden handgun anywhere as too extreme for America," said Michael D. Barnes, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent GunViolence united with the Million Mom March. "Ordinary citizens simply do not want guns in bars, schools, churches and recreation centers."

This year, NRA proposals to force police to issue concealed weapons permits have been defeated; NRA bills to allow guns into bars, schools and churches have been blocked, and NRA efforts to weaken safety training requirements or make taxpayers pick up the tab have failed. These losses have embarrassed the NRA, which in the May 2002 edition of its magazine, "America's First Freedom," prematurely forecast success on concealed weapon battles. It had already lost these efforts by the time the magazine had arrived in mailboxes.

The NRA has only won two minor CCW battles in the entire country this year: Virginia preempted the city of Alexandria from keeping CCW handguns out of city buildings and South Dakota allowed out-of-state CCW permitees to carry their weapons while visiting the state.

The NRA has lost every other effort to force police to issue CCW permits. The following outlines the defeat of reckless CCW laws at the state level and gives the current status of each state's CCW law:

Arizona - Bill to create a "lifetime" CCW permit - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Arizona - Bill to allow non-residents to carry CCW guns - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Arizona - Bill to reduce the fine for illegal carrying (without CCW) to $50 - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Colorado - New CCW bill forcing police to issue CCW permits - Defeated.
Police still have discretion to issue or deny CCW permits.

Colorado - CCW "Secrecy clause" - Defeated.
NRA efforts to prevent police from releasing the names of CCW permitees who break the law were defeated in committee. The NRA is continuing efforts to force police to issue CCW permits. Police now have discretion to issue or deny CCW permits.

Georgia - Bill to allow CCW guns in churches and bars - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Kansas - New CCW bill forcing police to issue - Despite plans to push this measure in Kansas, the NRA did not even introduce the bill, because Governor Bill Graves has made it clear he would veto such a measure. Concealed guns are completely prohibited in Kansas.

Kentucky - Bill to make it easier to carry guns into schools - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Minnesota - New CCW bill forcing police to issue CCW permits -Defeated.
Police still have discretion to issue or deny CCW permits.

Missouri - New CCW bill forcing police to issue CCW permits - Defeated.
Concealed guns are completely prohibited.

Nebraska - New CCW bill forcing police to issue CCW permits - Defeated.
Concealed guns are completely prohibited.

New Hampshire - Bill to allow CCW guns in schools - Defeated.
Blocked in Senate. Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

New Hampshire - Bill to allow non-residents to carry CCW guns -Defeated.
Blocked in committee. Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Ohio - New CCW bill forcing police to issue CCW permits - The bill is pending, but Governor Bob Taft has pledged to veto the NRA bill if it should pass. Ohio Senate President Richard Finan has said he will hold the bill until the State Supreme Court rules on challenge to current law. Earlier this year, the State Supreme Court stayed a lower court's ruling that had challenged current law so the carrying of concealed weapons remains generally prohibited.

South Carolina - Bill to allow CCW guns in schools - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Tennessee - Bill to allow CCW guns in bars - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Tennessee - Bill to make it easier for non-residents to carry CCW guns - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Utah - Bill to repeal CCW safety training requirement - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Utah - Bill to penalize university officials for restricting concealed carry - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Virginia - Bill to allow CCW guns in bars and recreation centers - Defeated.
Police are forced to issue CCW permits.

Wisconsin - New CCW bill forcing police to issue CCW permits - Defeated.
Concealed guns are completely prohibited.

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To: chookter
One more interesting point about New Mexico concealed carry: you were not considered to be carrying a concealed weapon if it was "unloaded",
and "unloaded" was usually interpreted to mean "no round in the chamber"!

That being the case, I usually carry my .45 "unloaded" anyway.
61 posted on 09/23/2002 10:29:44 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: Constitutional Patriot
"These bozo's are living in a fantasy land."

James Brady, at least, has an excuse, but from the pronouncements they make you'd think the entire Brady Bunch suffered from cranial gunshot wounds.

62 posted on 09/23/2002 10:32:29 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: Redbob
I thought it was no rounds in the cylinder for revolvers and no magazine in for autos.
63 posted on 09/23/2002 10:39:16 AM PDT by Cogadh na Sith
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