From: http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/fd/ForestM ... 0-14-6.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;10.8.2.27 PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED HANDGUNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY: Pursuant to Subsection C of NMSA 1978 Section 29-19-12, any person lawfully in possession of private property may prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns on such private property by posting notice in accordance with NMSA 1978 Section 30-14-6 or by verbally notifying persons entering upon the property.
[10.8.2.27 NMAC - N, 11-26-03]
It seems (to ME) that the CCW law is saying that a private property owner must post a notice if they want to prohibit licensed concealed carry AND the notice must meet the same size, language, (1 through 5 above) requirements of the trespass notice AND all they need to put on the sign is "No concealed guns" or similar to satisfy requirement #5.30146.
No trespassing notice; sign contents; posting; requirement; prescribing a penalty for wrongful
posting of public lands.
A. The owner, lessee or person lawfully in possession of real property in New Mexico, except property
owned by the state or federal government, desiring to prevent trespass or entry onto the real property shall
post notices parallel to and along the exterior boundaries of the property to be posted, at each roadway or
other way of access in conspicuous places, and if the property is not fenced, such notices shall be posted
every five hundred feet along the exterior boundaries of such land.
B. The notices posted shall prohibit all persons from trespassing or entering upon the property, without
permission of the owner, lessee, person in lawful possession or his agent. The notices shall:
(1) be printed legibly in English;
(2) be at least one hundred fortyfour
square inches in size;
(3) contain the name and address of the person under whose authority the property is posted or the name
and address of the person who is authorized to grant permission to enter the property;
(4) be placed at each roadway or apparent way of access onto the property, in addition to the posting of the
boundaries; and
(5) where applicable, state any specific prohibition that the posting is directed against, such as "no
trespassing," "no hunting," "no fishing," "no digging" or any other specific prohibition.
C. Any person who posts public lands contrary to state or federal law or regualtion [regulation] is guilty of
a petty misdemeanor.
Seems clear (to ME) that gunbuster signs do not have force of law unless they meet the above 1-5 criteria.
IANAL, YMMV, EIEIO