BACA v. NEW MEXICO DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 27,149.

47 P.3d 441 (2002)

132 N.M. 282

2002-NMSC-017

Jim BACA, Petitioner, v. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent, and Ken McWethy, Heather Bartels, and Paul Lisle, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vogel, Campbell, Blueher & Castle, P.C. David S. Campbell, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Jerome Marshak, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.

John James D'Amato, Shannon Robinson, Albuquerque, NM, Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, VA, for Intervenors.

Rene C. Ostrochovsky, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, New Mexico Advocates for Children and Families, New Mexico Council on Crime and Delinquency, and New Mexico Pediatric Society.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

{1} Petitioner Jim Baca, invoking this Court's constitutional power of original jurisdiction in mandamus, seeks a writ of mandamus prohibiting the Department of Public Safety from enforcing the provisions of the Concealed Handgun Carry Act, NMSA 1978, § 29-18-1 to -12 (2001). See N.M. Const. art. VI, § 3 (establishing this Court's original jurisdiction in mandamus). Petitioner contends that the Act violates Article...

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