Pro-Gun New Hampshire

[Posted Tuesday, January 31, at 4:55 p.m.]  Please support the following three Fish & Game bills by testifying at the hearings, or at least by contacting your state rep(s) and the members of the F&G Committee.  (See the end of this post for information.)

The public hearings will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2012, before the House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee, in room 307 of the Legislative Office Building (behind the State House):

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At 10:15 a.m., HB1332.  This bill provides that conservation officers of the fish and game department may conduct a search based on probable cause rather than reasonable cause. The bill also provides that seized property shall be held at the state’s expense rather than at the owner's expense.

HB1220 Ends New Hampshire Funding Enforcement of the Federal “Brady Bill.” 

[Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at 1:10 p.m.]  Tomorrow, January 26, at 1:00 p.m., the NH House Criminal Justice and Public Safety will conduct a public hearing on HB1220 in Room 204 of the Legislative Office Building (LOB), behind the State House.  HB1220 removes the NH State Police “Gun Line,” which exists only as an enforcement tool of the “Brady Bill.”  

[Posted Wednesday, January 25, at 12:20 p.m.]  The following gun bills will have public hearings tomorrow.  Please support these bills.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, meeting in Room 100 of the State House, will conduct hearings on two bills that have already passed the House.  Both of these bills were described in our earlier (January 1) post, http://pgnh.org/legislative_alert_contact_your_state_reps_before_january_4 : HB334 (clarifying and extending state preemption on gun regulation) will be heard at 1:00 p.m.; HB194 (modifying the Fish & Game law about carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun in a vehicle) will be heard at 1:30 p.m. 

Meanwhile, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, meeting in Room 204 of the Legislative Office Building behind the State House, will hear HB1246, which allows NH concealed carry licenses to be issued by your county sheriff or the State Police as well as your local Chief of Police, city mayor, or town selectman.

[Posted Thursday, January 5, 2012, at 10:20 a.m.]  See the Legislative Alert article posted below on 1/1/12. 

[Posted Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at 9:30 p.m.]  See the Legislative Alert article posted below on 1/1/12.  HB536 and HB194 were not voted on in today's session.

[Posted Sunday, January 1, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.]  On Wednesday, January 4, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on three important gun bills.  These are good pro-gun bills, and we urge you to contact your state representative and ask him or her to vote in favor of them.

HB536 is a Constitutional Carry bill, allowing concealed carry without a license.  (Carry licenses will still be available for those who want to travel to other states that recognize NH licenses with a reciprocal agreement.)  Note that the Union Leader recently published an article saying that Governor Lynch will veto the bill if it passes House and Senate; that is all the more reason to ask your state reps to support this bill and to ask other state reps to do so as well.  A governor's veto can be overridden with a 2/3 vote (and this was done with the pro-gun bill SB88 in the year just past).  The text of HB536, as most recently amended, is at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/amendments/2011-2679H.html .

[Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at 9:45 p.m.]    Concealed carry licenses should be recognized by other states, just like marriage or driver licenses.