[Posted May 12, 2010, at 9:15 p.m.] Please see earlier postings on this website for details on the bills cited below. Note that everyone named below is an Advisor to Pro-Gun New Hampshire.
-- HB1665, Rep. Jenn Coffey's knife bill: passed both House and Senate; has Speaker's signature, on the way to the Secretary of State's office for transmittal to the President of the Senate for her signature, then on to the Governor.
-- HB1161, Rep. Dan Eaton's bill to repeal the archaic statutes of RSA 159:8 and 159:10 (town license to sell pistols at retail): passed both House and Senate; will become effective 1/1/11, unless vetoed by the Governor.
-- HB1447, Rep. Dave Welch's bill about shooting in the compact area of a town: passed the House, but voted ITL ("Inexpedient to Legislate") 5-0 by Senate Public & Municipal Affairs Committee on May 4; we don't know why.
-- HB160. This started out as a "Stand Your Ground"/"Castle Doctrine" bill which didn't look as if it would pass (the Governor had vetoed a similar bill before), but it was successfully amended on the floor of the House by Rep. Dave Welch to become an excellent bill to decriminalize displaying a gun in self-defense ("...with the intent to warn away the person making the threat..."). Passed the House; voted OTP 5-0 by the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6; passed the Senate today, May 12.