New Hampshire Senate Passes Constitutional Carry
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 11 months ago
The state Senate, as expected, voted along party lines, 13-10, on Thursday to approve a bill that would make it easier to legally carry a concealed weapon in New Hampshire.
Senate Bill 12 to eliminate the state’s permit requirement for concealed carry was endorsed in a 3-2 vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 10.
State Sen. Bette Lasky, D-Nashua, said the change will make New Hampshire residents less safe by removing the authority of police chiefs to pick and choose which residents will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun. Current law allows police chiefs to determine if someone is “suitable” for a concealed carry permit.”
SB 12 will revoke a process that has worked well in our state for more than a century,” said Lasky. “It’s a process that balances the Second Amendment rights of our citizens with local control of law enforcement to ensure that potentially dangerous people are not allowed to carry concealed weapons.”
New Hampshire is one of 31 states that give law enforcement the power to deny a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
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D’Allesandro said the state’s police chiefs oppose the change …
I’m sure they do oppose constitutional carry. It destroys a revenue stream from which they can buy brand new Dodge Chargers, Comms gear and top of the line AR-15s.
“Pick and choose.” Remember that folks. That’s what the progressives want to do. They want to pick and choose the special people. You may not be on that list. As for the criminal, he’s not worried one way or the other.
On January 23, 2017 at 7:35 am, Frank Clarke said:
“It’s a process that balances the Second Amendment rights of our citizens with…”
As the majority decision in DC v Heller noted, any needed ‘balancing’ was taken care of in 1792 when the Bill of Rights was passed.
On January 23, 2017 at 8:01 am, firefirefire said:
The 2nd Amendment is my Carry Permit
On January 23, 2017 at 1:44 pm, HG said:
NH is shall issue…http://www.usacarry.com/new_hampshire_concealed_carry_permit_information.html
And the money is town orientated as far as making out my check.
But your point is taken
On January 23, 2017 at 9:51 pm, henrybowman said:
This confuses me. 20 years ago, Massachusetts gun owners considered NH a freakin’ beacon of liberty because MA had this may-issue requirement and NH didn’t. A lot of MA residents got NH carry permits, despite them being worthless in MA, just for the occasional trip north. Did NH tighten up its sphincter sometime in the past two decades?