NRA News: New Hampshire – Gun bills: Three shots, two hits
Cam Edwards talks to John Hohenwarter, NRA-ILA New Hampshire State Liaison
KnifeRights.org: New Hampshire Governor Signs Knife Rights Preemption Bill
From KnifeRights.org:
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has signed into law the Knife Rights backed Knife Law Preemption Bill, HB 544. New Hampshire becomes the third state in the nation to enact Knife Law Preemption.
Congratulations to NH Rep. Jenn Coffey who sponsored this bill and who worked tirelessly with her colleagues, local advocates and our lobbyist to ensure the bill passed unanimously in both houses of the New Hampshire legislature. Rep. Coffey’s efforts enacted a strong preemption law which will protect knife owners from senseless local ordinances well into the future.
Rep. Coffey won Knife Rights’ Freedom’s Edge award last year for her successful effort to repeal New Hampshire’s prohibitions on switchblades, dirks, daggers and stilettos.
Knife Rights’ National Knife Law Preemption Campaign started successfully last year in Arizona. Earlier this year Utah enacted knife law preemption. Preemption prevents the creation of, or eliminates, a patchwork of ordinances and rules which serve to confuse or entrap those traveling within or through the state. A person traveling in a state without preemption laws could be charged with a violation of local law when they have no intention of violating the law. Preemption ensures citizens only have to know and abide by state law.
Preemption allows Knife Rights to focus its legislative efforts at the state level where it can more easily succeed in improving the legal environment for knife owners or opposing efforts to impose further restrictions on knives.
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New Hampshire to End Gun Permit Requirements
This will no doubt become a major topic this week. The Associated Press, via Boston.com is reporting that New Hampshire could become the fourth state, along with Vermont, Arizona and Alaska that doesn’t require a permit to carry concealed, loaded guns.
No doubt this will come “under fire” from the anti-gun crowd.
Antique Derringers Lands Collector in Hot Water
The Boston Globe, among other outlets, is reporting that 44-year Brent Cameron of New London, New Hampshire is in serious trouble with the TSA.
It seems that Mr. Cameron tried to pass through security at Boston’s Logan International Airport with two vintage .22-caliber Derringers that he had bought at an auction. Apparently Cameron forgot they were in the bag, which is not really much of an excuse. It was noted that he had no ammunition for the guns.
What is troubling about this story is that he was arrested for “unlawful possession of a firearm.” This apparently because he did not have a license for the guns, which is required in Boston. This is yet another example of where gun owners face penalties for merely trying to travel with their guns.
Boston Reverend Blames Neighboring State for Gun Crime
There seems to be a worrisome trend in America. If you have a problem in your back yard, namely crime, it is really easy to blame lax gun laws in the next state over. This is very interesting. Apparently Reverend Bruce Wall of Boston seems to think that New Hampshire is fueling Boston’s gun related crime. He would like to appeal to the governor of that state:
“To talk with him about the number of illegal weapons that are traveling from New Hampshire and across the Massachusetts border right in to the city of Boston, specifically to Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan.”
It seems that in New Hampshire there is no law requiring the registration of rifles, shotguns or handguns. Convicted criminals are not allowed to own guns of course, but otherwise the state has limited restrictions on owning a gun. So the question that must be asked is why is New Hampshire not a hotbed for violence? Why are the streets not flowing with blood? Could it be that criminals, not the mere ownership of guns, is what fuel gun violence?
And while mayors and other officials have tried to get neighboring states to change their laws, shouldn’t these officials try to clean up their own messes before blaming others for their problems?
