This text of New Mexico § 30-7-3.1 (Unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device;) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
penalty. A. Unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device consists of a person knowingly having in that person's possession an unlawfully obtained weapon conversion device or knowingly transporting an unlawfully obtained weapon conversion device. B. A person who commits unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device is guilty of a third degree felony. C. As used in this section:
(1)"fully automatic weapon" means a weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot automatically or can be readily restored to fire more than one cartridge or shell, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger;
(2)"semiautomatic weapon" means a repeating rifle, shotgun or pistol, regardless of barrel or overall length, that uses a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge or shell to extract
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penalty. A. Unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device consists of a person knowingly having in that person's possession an unlawfully obtained weapon conversion device or knowingly transporting an unlawfully obtained weapon conversion device. B. A person who commits unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device is guilty of a third degree felony. C. As used in this section: (1) "fully automatic weapon" means a weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot automatically or can be readily restored to fire more than one cartridge or shell, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger; (2) "semiautomatic weapon" means a repeating rifle, shotgun or pistol, regardless of barrel or overall length, that uses a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge or shell to extract the fired cartridge case or spent shell and chamber the next round and that requires a separate function of the trigger to fire each cartridge or shell; and (3) "weapon conversion device" means a part or combination of parts designed and intended to convert a semiautomatic weapon into a fully automatic weapon.