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Pro-Gun New Hampshire is a statewide organization of legislators, other public officials, and private citizens pledged to support and defend Second Amendment and sportsmen's rights within the state of New Hampshire. Our focus is on influencing state legislation through the personal relationships, honorable reputations, and mature conduct of our leadership and members.
Major self-defense bill signed into lawLegislation[Posted Tuesday August 24, 2010, at 5:00 p.m.] Current New Hampshire law -- RSA 627:4 -- says that you if you are attacked in your home, you have no "duty to retreat." HB160 started out as a "castle doctrine" bill, expanding the places where you had no duty to retreat to include anywhere you had a right to be. Unfortunately, the governor had vetoed a similar bill not long ago, and it was felt that this bill also was destined for failure. Then Representative David Welch, a senior Advisor of Pro-Gun New Hampshire, submitted a successful amendment on the floor of the House to change the bill into something better: the bill now said that displaying a gun or other weapon in a self-defense situation is not a crime, if you do so to warn off an attacker. Again, anti-gun forces were pressuring the governor to veto the bill. This time, however, the governor spoke with Pro-Gun New Hampshire president Bob Clegg -- three times (!) -- and Bob's common-sense reasoning won him over. On July 23, HB160 was signed into law, effective the first of next year. Governor vetoes our billLegislation
[Posted Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 11:25 a.m.] After the New
Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police mounted last-minute opposition,
Governor Lynch vetoed our bill, HB1161. Sponsored by Pro-Gun New Hampshire
Advisor Dan Eaton, the House majority floor leader, this bill would have
repealed an obsolete law requiring a town license to sell handguns at retail --
in addition to a Federal Firearms License. The Union Leader article is at http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Governor+vetoes+gun-sales+license+bill&articleId=991df859-80d7-40d3-8ee0-25148ee2166e
Obamacare’s Hidden Gun ControlArticles
By E.F. Nappen, Esq. [Posted Saturday, July 24, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. This updates the version posted 7/23.] Effective January 1, 2012, the national healthcare legislation passed by Congress contains tax provisions that will require gun dealers to report to the IRS their purchases of guns and any other goods valued over $600. This reporting will be required for purchases from either individuals or corporations. The new IRS provisions apply to all goods and services. IRS 1099 forms will have to be filed, reporting the purchase by the gun dealer. (This same IRS issue exists for gold and silver bullion dealers, coin dealers, knife dealers, car dealers or any other business that buys goods from a person.) It applies to all businesses who buy from "persons." If you sell your gun for over $600 to an FFL, the FFL must send in a 1099 on you which reports the sale by you to the IRS. It is not simply a "business to business" reporting requirement. (Which, even if it was, would still be bad for business.) Nottingham was not special; New Hampshire trusts people to be armedArticles
[Posted July 22, 2010, at 1:15 p.m.] Recently,
newspapers, radio, and television have reported that the town of Nottingham, New Hampshire, adopted
a new policy
allowing town employees to be armed when at work. The public response
has
been varied across the country, with some receiving it as startling,
even
disturbing, news. Yet here in New
Hampshire we have always respected
the rights of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, and in times
like the
present, people take those rights seriously.
The constitutions of both the United States and the State of New Hampshire guarantee each of us the right to keep and bear arms, and we believe those who drafted the constitutions meant for us to have the right to bear arms for our own individual defense, because government cannot protect every person at every moment. We here at Pro-Gun New Hampshire wish to share with the rest of the country New Hampshire state law RSA 159:26, which reads in full: ----- I. To the extent consistent with federal law, the state of New Hampshire shall have authority and jurisdiction over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearms components, ammunition, or firearms supplies in the state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no ordinance or regulation of a political subdivision may regulate the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, or other matter pertaining to firearms, firearms components, ammunition, or firearms supplies in the state. Pro-Gun New Hampshire leaders honored at BLADE show in Atlanta, GeorgiaArticles[Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at 12:30 p.m.] New Hampshire State Representative Jennifer Coffey, a senior Advisor of PGNH, and attorney Evan Nappen, PGNH General Counsel and Director, were presented with awards at the BLADE show last week in Atlanta, Georgia.
Left: Alan Gura (lead attorney on the Supreme Court's Heller case); Rep. Jennifer Coffey; Doug Ritter (Chairman of Knife Rights, Inc.); attorney Evan Nappen (PGNH General Counsel and Director) Huge Second Amendment victory in New Hampshire -- Thanks to PGNH leaders Rep. Jennifer Coffey and attorney Evan NappenLegislation[Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at 11:00 a.m.] The Right to Keep and Bear Arms refers to more than firearms. As of May 18, when the governor signed HB1665 into law, it is now legal for people in New Hampshire to carry automatic knives -- "switchblades" -- as well as double-edged knives.
For almost forty years, New Hampshire law prohibited carrying any "stiletto, switch knife, ...dagger, [or] dirk-knife" (RSA 159:16); exceptions were made (per RSA 159:17) for police officers, for EMTs and military when on duty, and for "persons holding hunting or fishing licenses when lawfully engaged in
hunting or fishing." It was illegal, however, to carry such knives when going to or returning from a hunting or fishing trip or EMT or military duty. Not only that, these knives could not be sold anywhere in the state, not even to police officers. Pro-Gun New Hampshire elects new presidentArticles
[Posted May 12,
2010, at 9:30 p.m.] The Pro-Gun New Hampshire Council of Advisors
met last night and elected a new president of the organization. Former
State Representative Elbert "Bick"
Bicknell was the first president, with his first two-year term starting when
the organization was formed in the spring of 2006; he was reelected in the
spring of 2008, but now lives in Arizona.
The Council of Advisors elected former State Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Clegg as our new president. Bob, who is now a registered lobbyist, will be active within the State House in advancing our cause.
After the presidential election, the PGNH Board of Directors
met and voted to keep Bick on the Board as past president; since most internal business is conducted by email, Bick can remain an active contributor to managing the affairs of the organization. Director
Ed Naile, whose work as chairman of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers keeps him very busy,
agreed to leave the Board and assume the
position of Advisor. Therefore, the
Board of Directors now consists of the following five Directors: The Honorable Bob Clegg, President; Sam Cohen, Executive Vice President and CEO; Hon. Bick
Bicknell, Past President; Evan Nappen,
Corporate Counsel; and Richard Aldrich, Director. State Legislative Review May 12, 2010Legislation[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. |
