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Pro-Gun New Hampshire website is internationally popular (!)

Sam Cohen — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:17:24 -0400

July 27, 2008: Although the focus of Pro-Gun New Hampshire is on state legislation, we recently received the following email message from a gentleman in England:

Hi,

I am hoping you can help me with an online petition that I have set up. I'm a 32 year old man from Birmingham, England. Various websites have mentioned that Britain now has a very high crime rate, that has increased massively since the handgun ban of 1997.

I have set up a petition in an attempt to have the UK handgun ban repealed, and to allow the law abiding public to carry concealed handguns for self defence purposes, with a view to reducing our appalling crime rates.

I realise that I have a long uphill struggle ahead, but I have received over 175 signatures in just under 3 weeks, with support from all over the world. Is there any way that you can help me bring more publicity to my petition? Any signatures will help, no matter what country they are from. The petition can be found here :

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/gshandguns/index.html

I would be grateful If you provide a link to my petition on your website, and if you could get any of your readers to sign, that too would be great.

Thank you very much for your help in this matter.

Kind Regards

Graham Showell
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ARE YOU PRO-GUN?

Sam Cohen — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:24:01 -0400

Evan F. Nappen: Pro-gun NH exposes faulty thinking of anti-gun activists

Sam Cohen — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:07:10 -0400

by Evan F. Nappen Esq.

Those pesky Granite State gun owners have damaged the anti-gun spin machine of the Violence Policy Center. <snip>

[VIEW FULL ARTICLE, published in the Union Leader newspaper May 5, 2008, by clicking here:

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Evan+F.+Nappen%3A+Pro-gun+NH+
exposes+faulty+thinking+of+anti-gun+activists&articleId=ea87483c-c115-464f-b0b2-689f97d0f8d9

Open Letters from Hon. Jason Bedrick , Hon. Paul Mirski, and 18 Pro-Gun State Legislators

Sam Cohen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:35:23 -0400

April 26, 2008: The Pro-Gun New Hampshire Board of Directors and Council of Advisors have approved the posting of the following open letter from Jason Bedrick, which in turn contains open letters from Paul Mirski and from a group of 18 pro-gun state legislators. All are in response to a derogatory newsletter article from another Second Amendment group.

State Representative Jason Bedrick is a member of the Pro-Gun New Hampshire Council of Advisors. Former State Representative Paul Mirski is the chairman of the House Republican Alliance.

Changes in the Pro-Gun New Hampshire Board of Directors

Sam Cohen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:23:58 -0400

April 26, 2008: Per the organization's bylaws, the Council of Advisors elects the president of Pro-Gun New Hampshire every two years. The first president, former State Representative Elbert "Bick" Bicknell, began serving on April 15, 2006. Bick ran unopposed for a second term, and the Council of Advisors approved his reelection to a new term as President beginning April 15, 2008.

Also, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the following changes in the Board's makeup: effective today, Evan Nappen leaves the office of Executive Vice President to assume the new position of Corporate Counsel, and Sam Cohen takes over as the new Executive Vice President. Bick, Sam, and Evan, as well as Ed Naile and Richard Aldrich, remain as Directors.

HB1354 House Floor Vote -- Roll Call (Bill Defeated, 279 to 19)

Sam Cohen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:23:52 -0500

March 19, 2008: Yesterday, the NH House of Representatives voted 279 to 19 to defeat Representative Eleanor Kjellman's HB1354, the bill to ban firearms in the State House and Legislative Office Building. Today, she moved for "reconsideration" -- apparently because she inadvertently voted against her own bill yesterday. Her motion failed, 249 to 56.

The following 19 reps voted FOR the bill yesterday (note, a "Nay" vote means disagreement with the committee recommendation to kill the bill):

Allen, Peter Democrat Cheshire 6 Nay
Butcher, Suzanne Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
Chase, Claudia Democrat Hillsborough 2 Nay
Cooney, Mary Democrat Grafton 7 Nay
Cunningham, Howard Democrat Carroll 3 Nay
Fletcher, Richard Republican Hillsborough 7 Nay
Gile, Mary Democrat Merrimack 10 Nay
Ginsburg, Ruth Democrat Hillsborough 20 Nay
Hall, Betty Democrat Hillsborough 5 Nay
Howard, Doreen Democrat Rockingham 12 Nay
Kepner, Susan Democrat Rockingham 15 Nay
Levesque, Melanie Democrat Hillsborough 5 Nay
Moody, Marcia Democrat Rockingham 12 Nay
Nielsen, Ellen Democrat Sullivan 4 Nay
Osborne, Jessie Democrat Merrimack 12 Nay
Pilotte, Maurice Democrat Hillsborough 16 Nay
Preston, Philip Democrat Grafton 8 Nay
Weed, Charles Democrat Cheshire 3 Nay
Yeaton, Charles Democrat Merrimack 8 Nay

Here's the full roll call, including "not voting" (note, a "Yea" vote means agreement with the committee recommendation to kill the bill):

Anti-Gun Bill HB1354 Killed in the NH House

Sam Cohen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:22:09 -0500

March 18, 2008: Today the NH House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to kill HB1354, the bill to ban guns in the State House and Legislative Office Building. Only 19 House members voted in favor of it. We will post the roll-call vote when it becomes available.

House Committee Votes 9 to 1 Against HB1354

Sam Cohen — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:56:22 -0500

February 21, 2008: The NH House Legislative Administration Committee held public hearings on HB1354, the bill to ban guns in the State House complex, on February 5. As customary, the bill's sponsor (and its only sponsor), Rep. Eleanor Glynn Kjellman of Henniker, spoke first. Of the 24 people who followed her, all spoke against the bill; nobody else spoke in favor of it. Among those testifying were five state representatives (Daniel Eaton, Jay Phinizy, David Welch, John Tholl, and Fran Wendelboe), including three Advisors of Pro-Gun New Hampshire (Phinizy, Welch, and Tholl); three other PGNH Advisors (Stretch Kennedy, Rose Vinci, and Chris Vinci); and two PGNH Directors (Sam Cohen, who testified on behalf of PGNH, and Richard Aldrich). Other PGNH lapel pins were visible in the room, including those worn by at least two others who testified against the bill.

Room change for HB1354 hearing Tuesday, February 5

Sam Cohen — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:10:14 -0500

The House Legislative Administration Committee changed the hearing location for HB1354 from State House room 100 to LOB (Legislative Office Building) room 104. The change was posted on the docket, but not on the "Quick Bill Search" summary. The date and time remain the same: 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2008.

HB1379 hearing scheduled for Tuesday, January 29

Sam Cohen — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:13:52 -0500

Public hearing now scheduled: Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, LOB Room 204

HB1379, "relative to the authority of state agencies to prohibit state employees from lawfully carrying a firearm"

Link to bill text: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/HB1379.html

SUPPORT

This bill provides that no state agency shall prohibit any state employee, or other person who contracts with the state, from lawfully carrying a firearm on his or her person while on or in property owned or leased by the state, unless otherwise prohibited by law.