Open Carry handgun and knife laws in New Mexico?

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Darthbauer

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I'm going to be going to New Mexico next month and just wondering about open carry laws and knife laws in the state. From looking around online im pretty sure that open carry is legal there which is good to know, but I couldn't really find much else on the matter or anything on their knife laws. Any help would be great. Thanks everyone!
 
The only difference in OC and CCW in NM is the "alcohol law" - CCW is legal in a place of alcohol package sales, not for on site consumption, while OC is illegal in both instances. No idea about knives. Check out www.handgunlaw. us and www.opencarry.org. Also, your car is the same as your home, no restrictions.
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Don't ask online in a forum!

Ask the State of New Mexico Office of Atty. General. They should be listed online. Then you'll get a reliable and authoritative answer. They can probably send you a flyer with all the current laws specified and explained.

Online forums are a bad source of legal advice.

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Why not just look it up and read it?

New Mexico - Criminal Offenses - 30-1-12. Definitions...
B. "deadly weapon" means any... weapon which is capable of
producing death or great bodily harm, including but not
restricted to any types of daggers, brass knuckles,
switchblade knives, bowie knives, poniards, butcher
knives, dirk knives and all such weapons with which
dangerous cuts can be given, or with which dangerous
thrusts can be inflicted, including swordcanes, and any
kind of sharp pointed canes...
- 30-7-2. Unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon... consists of
carrying a concealed... deadly weapon anywhere, except in
the following cases [own residence or property; private
automobile or other means of conveyance; official]... a
petty misdemeanor.
- 30-7-8. Unlawful possession of switchblades.
Unlawful possession of switchblades consists of any person,
either manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, possessing,
displaying, offering, selling, lending, giving away or purchasing
any knife which has a blade which opens automatically by hand
pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle
of the knife, or any knife having a blade which opens or falls or is
ejected into position by the force of gravity or by any outward or
centrifugal thrust or movement.
Whoever commits unlawful possession of switchblades is guilty
of a petty misdemeanor.
 
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