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see: 30-7-4(A)(3) NMSA 2011
Petty misdemeanor in NM. Up to 180 days in the can and/or up to $500 fine.
Upon arrest, AB will do an overnight in Santa Fe celebrity / special person jail. Will spend a few hours in processing, holding, and arrangement. Bail out early the next morning (like, 3am early - 'cause he's special). Dog and pony show. Eventual plea to negligent use sometime when the matter is all but forgotten. Time served, maximum fine (ball sweat to AB), and perhaps some PSAs on gun safety. Something like that is probably the best that the Santa Fe special prosecutor is probably hoping for. Maybe the best that AB could hope for. I'd take the deal, accept the penalty. Great publicity for AB rationalizing the whole matter as just unpleasant free marketing for Rust.
Spin it as, "See, I told you, guns are inherently dangerous and therefore should be taken away from you."
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