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MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS HEADING FOR THE SENATE WEDNESDAY, 16-MAY-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR SENATOR AND URGE SUPPORT OF HB1551, HB1332, AND HB1246

Please contact your state senator and ask him or her to support HB1551, HB1332, and HB1246.

These bills will be voted on in the Senate, Wednesday, 16-May-2012, starting at 10:00 A.M. (approx. time -- May occur later in the day Your presence makes a difference!

You may bring video cameras, including cell phone cameras (but RINGERS OFF, PLEASE!) and record the vote to show to your friends and other interested parties how firearms issues are being addressed (or ignored) by the NH Senate.

Who is my Senator?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1551: This bill is designed to protect land owners from frivolous suits. It could be stronger, but is better than no protection at all.

HB1332: This bill increases the standard for searches by Fish and Game from reasonable cause, to probable cause, and provides other positive changes, including a prohibition from assessing storage fees against citizens who have simply been ACCUSED of F&G violations.

HB1246: This bill adds two other offices that can issue licenses to carry concealed firearms. If you don’t trust your anti-firearms Chief of Police (or Selectmen) to issue an LTC, your pro-rights, elected Sheriff or the Director of State Police can do so, as an alternative.

If you are able to attend these hearings, please do so. Your presence makes a much greater impact on legislators, when you take the time from your busy day to attend in person and make your voice HEARD! You are encouraged to bring video cameras, including cell phone cameras, to help your legislators to understand that these issues are IMPORTANT to you, and that their positions on these bills will not go unnoticed and will be considered at re-election time!

Senate Phone numbers: The best way to express your opinion on a bill (other than showing up at its public hearing) is to CALL YOUR SENATOR.

District 01
John Gallus (r)
(603)271-3076

District 02
Jeanie Forrester (r)
(603)271-4151

District 03
Jeb Bradley (r)
(603)271-8472

District 04
James Forsythe (r)
(603)271-3067

District 05
Matthew Houde (d)
(603)271-8631

District 06
Fenton Groen (r)
(603)271-2609

District 07
Andy Sanborn (r)
(603)271-3067

District 08
Bob Odell (r)
(603)271-4063

District 09
Raymond White (r)
(603)271-2609

District 10
Molly Kelly (d)
(603)271-3207

District 11
Peter Bragdon (r)
(603)271-2111

District 12
Jim Luther (r)
(603)271-4151

District 13
Gary Lambert (r)
(603)271-2609

District 14
Sharon Carson (r)
(603)271-1403

District 15
Sylvia Larsen (d)
(603)271-3207

District 16
David Boutin (r)
(603)271-3092

District 17
John Barnes, Jr. (r)
(603)271-4063

District 18
Tom De Blois (r)
(603)271-4151

District 19
Jim Rausch (r)
(603)271-3091

District 20
Lou D'Allesandro (d)
(603)271-2117

District 21
Amanda Merrill (d)
(603)271-3207

District 22
Chuck Morse (r)
(603)271-4980

District 23
Russell Prescott (r)
(603)271-4063

District 24
Nancy Stiles (r)
(603)271-3093

Posted 05/16/2012

Recent killings in NH renew debate about gun laws

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

SENATE PLANNING TO SUBSTITUTE HORRIBLE AMENDMENT FOR ORIGINAL CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY AKA HB 536.
THEY THINK YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION!!
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR SENATOR AND URGE HIM/HER TO SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL HB536 AND REJECT THE FORSYTHE SUBSTITUTE.
Please tell your senator that you expect Roll Call votes on these votes, lest you will assume they are lying to you.

What's going on with HB536?

Just this: The Senate thinks you’re stupid. They've been playing games with the legislation and its hearings, dragging things out, hoping you'll just give up and go back to the other important stuff in your life. Now they have chosen a Senator (Forsythe) who is reportedly not sitting for reelection, to offer a horrible amendment (Amendment 2012-1891s) to HB 536-which will ultimately be offered by Senator Groen as a “committee amendment” on the Senate Floor. The “amendment” being offered replaces the entire current bill with the entire “amendment”, which will take away your rights!

Senators and Reps courted us for our votes during the election, and not only forgot us after the election, but (the Senate has) ignored repeated requests from constituents and GO-NH to vote on GOOD firearms bills PASSED by the House. Now they want to tell you this amendment is good for firearm owners. Balderdash. It is a bad piece of legislation meant as a sop to the Governor, and reflects a level of cowardice you would expect from the Mass. or California legislatures, but not senators from the John Stark state!

GO-NH says SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL HB 536. HB536 as introduced in the Senate, simply makes a License To Carry optional (for lawful concealed carry), clarifies that a License To Carry expires on the fifth anniversary of the holder's DOB (currently it expires on the fourth year), prohibits the police from asking any more information on a LTC application (Pistol/Revolver License to Carry) than is currently allowed by law, and makes it clear that anyone who is not prohibited by statute from possessing a firearm in New Hampshire may carry or transport loaded firearms.

The bill also makes it explicitly legal for law abiding individuals not engaged in the business of selling pistols or revolvers, to sell a firearm to a person who is personally known to him or her. It has no extra stuff. It has no wishy-washy, flowery rhetoric meant to baffle you while surrendering your rights to federal bureaucrats and Obama dictates. It does not give away the best of the “original” HB536 and replace it with an Obama-style laundry list of restrictions, while offering essentially nothing positive for firearms owners. HB536 as introduced in the senate does not simply rebrand federal restrictions as a "firearms friendly" bill, like this proposed piece of junk amendment. The original HB536 would not make Eric Holder, Barack Obama, or the drunken ghost of Teddy Kennedy happy. And that's why we want the original HB536 as introduced in the Senate, and not the sleight of hand, substitute the NH Senate is trying to sell us.

Who’s my Senator?

Full Senate phone numbers: The best way to express your opinion on a bill (other than showing up at its public hearing) is to CALL YOUR SENATOR. Be polite but firm, and don't let your elected EMPLOYEES push you around!

District 01
John Gallus (r)
(603)271-3076

District 02
Jeanie Forrester (r)
(603)271-4151

District 03
Jeb Bradley (r)
(603)271-8472

District 04
James Forsythe (r)
(603)271-3067

District 05
Matthew Houde (d)
(603)271-8631

District 06
Fenton Groen (r)
(603)271-2609

District 07
Andy Sanborn (r)
(603)271-3067

District 08
Bob Odell (r)
(603)271-4063

District 09
Raymond White (r)
(603)271-2609

District 10
Molly Kelly (d)
(603)271-3207

District 11
Peter Bragdon (r)
(603)271-2111

District 12
Jim Luther (r)
(603)271-4151

District 13
Gary Lambert (r)
(603)271-2609

District 14
Sharon Carson (r)
(603)271-1403

District 15
Sylvia Larsen (d)
(603)271-3207

District 16
David Boutin (r)
(603)271-3092

District 17
John Barnes, Jr. (r)
(603)271-4063

District 18
Tom De Blois (r)
(603)271-4151

District 19
Jim Rausch (r)
(603)271-3091

District 20
Lou D'Allesandro (d)
(603)271-2117

District 21
Amanda Merrill (d)
(603)271-3207

District 22
Chuck Morse (r)
(603)271-4980

District 23
Russell Prescott (r)
(603)271-4063

District 24
Nancy Stiles (r)
(603)271-3093

Posted 05/01/2012

Make your voice heard...

Write your senator... here is an example that we have seen:

From: jr@jrhoell.com
To: dboutin1465@leg.state.nh.us
CC: jr.hoell@leg.state.nh.us, Peter.Bragdon@leg.state.nh.us
Sent: 4/26/2012 12:03:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: HB536, Constitutional Carry,

April 25th, 2012
Dear Senator Boutin,

As a member of the House and as one of your constituents, I implore you to vote Ought To Pass (OTP) on HB536 as well as guarantee that there is a recorded roll call vote on the floor for this bill by asking for it yourself.

This email is being BCC'd to a number of those that are constituents in our district as well as a number of other gun owners in the State.

We both know that our party platform is clear regarding the support for the the 2nd amendment.
We both know that Vermont has had this legislation (Constitutional Carry) in place and there are no issues with concealed carry without a license.
We both know that the Brady campaign has recently listed NH as the 27th "best state" in terms of gun control, which means that 23 states have less restrictive gun laws than NH. It is time to change that!
We both know that this bill is being brought up at this time to use the death of the Greenland chief as a means to cover the anti-gun view in the senate. (how cowardly and disrespectful to the chief and his family)
We both know that punishing the law abiding gun owners for the death of police chief when the criminal would have been prohibited from owning a firearm by both state and federal law is unacceptable.
We both know that the 19-5 Senate majority is historic and those that voted for us expect to see the pro-2nd amendment legislation passed
We both know that this is a opportunity that should not be squandered.
We both know this bill could have been passed earlier this year, but was not and now the deadline is tomorrow.
We both know that the police have no obligation to protect the citizens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia),
Lastly, we both know that the Rights outlined in our state and federal constitutions speak nothing about getting government permission to protect yourself.

Last year Constitutional Carry died and the blame was assigned to you. Do not let that happen again.

This time please make sure there is clear evidence that you supported the law abiding gun owners in this state and make sure HB536 passes. We, the gun owners in our towns, are looking to you to take the lead to make sure HB536 passes, and we will not forget if we are let down again.

Regards,

Rep. Hoell
Citizen, Dunbarton
State Rep. Bow/Dunbarton

PS. I will ask that this letter be displayed at some of the some of the gun shops and ranges in this area.
PSS. This is a open letter and permission is granted to redistribute, provided the letter is in its entirety

Posted 04/26/2012

Minuteman Alert - Hearings on Thursday

Make sure to tell all Senators you call that you expect roll call votes on all these bills!

SUPPORT HB 1555
This bill removes the penalty for carrying a loaded firearm for self defense in a state game refuge. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Apr-2012 @ 10:00 A.M. LOB Rm 102, SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

Who's my senator?

SUPPORT HB 1611
This bill repeals unnecessary statutory provisions governing the sale of pistols and revolvers.
HEARING on Thursday April 26, 2012 LOB 101 1:30 pm before Senate Judiciary Committee

SUPPORT HB 1341
Repeals 644:13, the so called Compact Zone Anti-Firearms law. 644:13 is poorly written law, unevenly enforced, and can lead to felony charges for use of firearms.
HEARING on Thursday April 26, 2012 LOB 101 1:50 pm before Senate Judiciary Committee

HB 1246
This bill adds two other offices that can issue licenses to carry concealed firearms. If you don't trust your anti-firearms Chief of Police (or Selectmen) to issue an LTC, if this bill passes, your pro-rights, elected Sheriff or the Director of State Police can do so, as an alternative.
HEARING on Thursday April 26, 2012 LOB 101 2:10 pm before Senate Judiciary Committee

Who's my Senator?
Senate Phone numbers…it is BEST TO CALL YOUR SENATOR….

District 01
John Gallus (r)
(603)271-3076

District 02
Jeanie Forrester (r)
(603)271-4151

District 03
Jeb Bradley (r)
(603)271-8472

District 04
James Forsythe (r)
(603)271-3067

District 05
Matthew Houde (d)
(603)271-8631

District 06
Fenton Groen (r)
(603)271-2609

District 07
Andy Sanborn (r)
(603)271-3067

District 08
Bob Odell (r)
(603)271-4063

District 09
Raymond White (r)
(603)271-2609

District 10
Molly Kelly (d)
(603)271-3207

District 11
Peter Bragdon (r)
(603)271-2111

District 12
Jim Luther (r)
(603)271-4151

District 13
Gary Lambert (r)
(603)271-2609

District 14
Sharon Carson (r)
(603)271-1403

District 15
Sylvia Larsen (d)
(603)271-3207

District 16
David Boutin (r)
(603)271-3092

District 17
John Barnes, Jr. (r)
(603)271-4063

District 18
Tom De Blois (r)
(603)271-4151

District 19
Jim Rausch (r)
(603)271-3091

District 20
Lou D'Allesandro (d)
(603)271-2117

District 21
Amanda Merrill (d)
(603)271-3207

District 22
Chuck Morse (r)
(603)271-4980

District 23
Russell Prescott (r)
(603)271-4063

District 24
Nancy Stiles (r)
(603)271-3093

Posted 04/24/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS
NEED YOUR ATTENDANCE IN CONCORD
FOR SENATE EXECUTIVE SESSION
WEDNESDAY, 25-APR-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR SENATOR
AND URGE HIM/HER TO SUPPORT HB536 AND HB1535,
AND OPPOSE HB1168

Please contact your state senator and ask him or her to support HB536 and HB1535, and to oppose HB1168.

These bills will be heard in Executive Session, Wednesday, 25-Apr-2012, starting at 1:00 P.M., in LOB rm. 101 (the Legislative Office Building). Please attend this executive session if possible -- Your presence makes a difference!

Note: This is an Executive Session: You will not be permitted to speak unless called upon by a senator. However, you may bring video cameras, including cell phone cameras (but RINGERS OFF, PLEASE!) and record the executive session, to show to your friends and other interested parties how firearms owners are being treated by the NH Senate.

Who is my Senator?

GO-NH supports this bill:

HB536: As currently amended, simply makes a License To Carry optional (for lawful concealed carry), clarifies that a License To Carry expires on the fifth anniversary of holders’ DOB (currently it expires on the fourth year), prohibits the police from asking any more information on a LTC application (Pistol/Revolver License to Carry) than is currently allowed by law, and makes it clear that anyone who is not prohibited by statute from possessing a firearm in New Hampshire may carry or transport loaded firearms. The bill also makes it explicitly legal for law abiding individuals not engaged in the business of selling pistols or revolvers, to sell a firearm to a person who is personally known to him or her.. (Hearing: Wednesday, 25-Apr-2012 @ 1: 00 P.M. LOB Rm 101, SENATE JUDICIARY ) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

GO-NH supports this bill:

HB1535: Making arrest records subject to right to know law, which is good for the common man, in many cases those arrested for self defense are arrested on flimsiest of evidence. In order for the public to respond (remember how effective public outrage was when the Farmington man safety discharged his firearm into the ground to prevent a burglar from escaping until police arrived—ONLY TO HAVE THE POLICE ARREST THE HOMEOWNER as well as the burglar!). HB 1535 will hold officials accountable forcing the officials to release information pertaining to the arrest before someone’s life is destroyed. Up until now the person being charged had been denied this information by officials as “part of an ongoing investigation”. (Hearing: W ednesday, 25-Apr-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. LOB Rm 101, SENATE JUDICIARY ) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

GO-NH opposes this bill:

HB1168 :Pertaining to annulled records…. annulment currently removes state and some federal law restrictions *(i.e. disabilities) relating to a conviction. For years in the state of NH persons who made stupid mistakes in their youth (or was the one who got caught ) for youthful indiscretions could have those indiscretions annulled thus allowing them to go on to be productive model citizens. Many persons may have plead guilty rather than mount an expensive defense (that they could not afford) knowing the conviction could be ANNULLED later if they maintained good behavior following the conviction for a certain number of years. This bill is akin to Pasting a Big "A" as in The Scarlet Letter on otherwise law abiding citizens. We question how in these tight budget times h ow is it we suddenly have the manpower and extra money to waste on this bill unless there is some political motivation behind it? Please kill this bill.

(c) The court records relating to an annulled arrest, conviction, or sentence shall remain public documents. However, the court shall clearly indicate on the file and in the electronic record that the arrest or conviction and sentence have been annulled.

(d) The state police criminal records unit shall add an entry to the subject’s record of arrest, conviction, or sentence in the criminal history database stating that the record has been annulled.

(e) The arresting agency and the prosecuting agency shall clearly indicate in their respective file and in their respective electronic record that the record of arrest or conviction and sentence have been annulled. (Hearing: Wednesday, 25-Apr-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. LOB Rm 101, SENATE JUDICIARY ) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to oppose this poorly written and poorly conceived bill.

If you are able to attend this hearing for these bills, please do so. Your presence makes a much greater impact on legislators, when you take the time from your busy day to attend in person and make your voice HEARD! You are encouraged to bring video cameras, including cell phone cameras, to help your legislators to understand that these issues are IMPORTANT to you, and that their positions on these bills will not go unnoticed and will be considered at re-election time!

Senate Phone numbers: The best way to express your opinion on a bill (other than showing up at its public hearing) is to CALL YOUR SENATOR.

District 01
John Gallus (r)
(603)271-3076

District 02
Jeanie Forrester (r)
(603)271-4151

District 03
Jeb Bradley (r)
(603)271-8472

District 04
James Forsythe (r)
(603)271-3067

District 05
Matthew Houde (d)
(603)271-8631

District 06
Fenton Groen (r)
(603)271-2609

District 07
Andy Sanborn (r)
(603)271-3067

District 08
Bob Odell (r)
(603)271-4063

District 09
Raymond White (r)
(603)271-2609

District 10
Molly Kelly (d)
(603)271-3207

District 11
Peter Bragdon (r)
(603)271-2111

District 12
Jim Luther (r)
(603)271-4151

District 13
Gary Lambert (r)
(603)271-2609

District 14
Sharon Carson (r)
(603)271-1403

District 15
Sylvia Larsen (d)
(603)271-3207

District 16
David Boutin (r)
(603)271-3092

District 17
John Barnes, Jr. (r)
(603)271-4063

District 18
Tom De Blois (r)
(603)271-4151

District 19
Jim Rausch (r)
(603)271-3091

District 20
Lou D'Allesandro (d)
(603)271-2117

District 21
Amanda Merrill (d)
(603)271-3207

District 22
Chuck Morse (r)
(603)271-4980

District 23
Russell Prescott (r)
(603)271-4063

District 24
Nancy Stiles (r)
(603)271-3093

Please act today to protect and further your 2nd Amendment rights!

Posted 04/23/2012

Minuteman Alert

Senate floor votes expected Wednesday morning, April 11, 2012.
Call or e-email your Senator TODAY as the vote is expected tomorrow, and attend the Thursday hearing if you are able.
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

Ask your Senator to SUPPORT HB 1244
This is a bill to return citizens the right to carry a self defense firearm while trapping.
Who’s my Senator?

OPPOSE HB 1168
Pertaining to annulled records…. annulment currently removes state and some federal law restrictions *(i.e. disabilities) relating to a conviction. For years in the state of NH persons who made stupid mistakes in their youth (or was the one who got caught ) for youthful indiscretions could have those indiscretions annulled thus allowing them to go on to be productive model citizens. Many persons may have plead guilty rather than mount an expensive defense (that they could not afford) knowing the conviction could be ANNULLED later if they maintained good behavior following the conviction for a certain number of years. This bill is akin to Pasting a Big "A" as in The Scarlet Letter on otherwise law abiding citizens. We question how in these tight budget times how is it we suddenly have the manpower and extra money to waste on this bill unless there is some political motivation behind it? Please kill this bill.
(c) The court records relating to an annulled arrest, conviction, or sentence shall remain public documents. However, the court shall clearly indicate on the file and in the electronic record that the arrest or conviction and sentence have been annulled.
(d) The state police criminal records unit shall add an entry to the subject’s record of arrest, conviction, or sentence in the criminal history database stating that the record has been annulled.
(e) The arresting agency and the prosecuting agency shall clearly indicate in their respective file and in their respective electronic record that the record of arrest or conviction and sentence have been annulled.
Who’s my Senator?

SUPPORT HB 1336
Is an equality bill for dog training
Who’s my Senator?

OPPOSE HB 1532 If this bill passes it will prevent a homeowner from exercising their 4th Amendment rights to demand law enforcement officers leave the homeowner’s property when law enforcement is there without the landowner’s permission (which is the current law). The bill if passed allows law enforcement to remain on your property without a warrant or other current legal requirement-this law will now allow a police officer to make those decisions regarding remaining on your property over your objection rather than a judge making the decision- in violation of your 4th Amendment rights!
Who’s my Senator?

Posted 04/10/2012

Minuteman Alert

Senate HEARINGS-please attend if you can Thursday, April 12, 2012

SUPPORT HB 1535
Making arrest records subject to right to know law, which is good for the common man, in many cases those arrested for self defense are arrested on flimsiest of evidence. In order for the public to respond (remember how effective public outrage was when the Farmington man safety discharged his firearm into the ground to prevent a burglar from escaping until police arrived—ONLY TO HAVE THE POLICE ARREST THE HOMEOWNER as well as the burglar!). HB 1535 will hold officials accountable forcing the officials to release information pertaining to the arrest before someone’s life is destroyed. Up until now the person being charged had been denied this information by officials as “part of an ongoing investigation”. Hearing scheduled for Room 101 LOB 1:30 pm

Posted 04/10/2012

Update on HB 1542

UPDATE sadly HB 1542 was voted into interim study. (effectively killed)

A bill to provide redress via injunction, civil actions or other remedies for violations of our constitutional rights

I. A citizen may seek injunctive relief or maintain a civil action, or both, to recover damages for intentional violations of the state constitution’s bill of rights by any governmental entity and its agents in the superior court by bench or by jury trial.

II. If the citizen prevails, in addition to damages, the court shall award the cost of the action and such attorney’s fees as it finds to be reasonable.

2 New Section; Violations of Constitutional Rights. Amend RSA 541-B by inserting after section 9-a the following new section:

541-B:19-a Violations of Constitutional Rights.

II. If the citizen prevails, in addition to damages, the court shall award the cost of the action and such attorney’s fees as it finds to be reasonable.

Posted 04/10/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!
IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILL NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION TODAY!
HOUSE VOTE IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, 14 or 15-MARCH-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB 1220

GO-NH understands and empathizes with New Hampshire business owners. The NH House and Senate are aware of this problem, and now it appears that the House Republican Alliance and Representative Dan McGuire (603)782-4918, and perhaps the Senate, simply want wash their hands of this issue and want to push off our problems to big brother, the federal government (think IRS and Post Office). Let’s remember the State House and State Senate have the power of the purse and law over the New Hampshire State Police, yet they have not forced the NHSP to properly manage the Gun Line, thus infringing on peoples’ ability to exercise their Constitutional Rights and promote business in the tax-free state of New Hampshire. The legislators’ solution is to give this New Hampshire problem to big brother. Think Obamacare! When money and manpower is taken from NICS and given to Obamacare what will happen to our legal firearm supply if NICS was only manned on Monday through Friday from 9-5? What would that do to New Hampshire business? We need to solve this problem on the local level, in the New Hampshire House and Senate, where it belongs. KILL THIS BILL! Get the New Hampshire legislature to force the State Police to do their job! The fact is, if the Gun Line was answered in a timely fashion, there would not be a problem. If the Gun Line was a private business they would be out of business. We don’t need big brother’s help!

Here’s a QUOTE FROM A MEMBER regarding getting information from the Feds:

"I waited a week and never hear back to I called again and asked for the supervisor by name and told her who I was and that I was waiting for her call back. She still had no answer and i honestly don't think she put much effort into it but was kind enough to provide me with a number to call at the Federal level to request a special number to put on my 4473 form for the next time and that was supposed to prevent a delay. I am not sure what the Feds number has to do with a State check but I asked the em to send me the necessary paperwork to fill out for the number. You are correct they wanted me to get finger printed and turn over birth records of my oldest born ect LOL. I did not hesitate to rip the forms up and toss them up."

Ironically this member supported this bill, but when it came time for HIM to fill out "the papers" he tore them up!

If the FFL’s in the state are complaining, if the state house and senate is not pushing the state police to do their job and man the Gun Line, just imagine what will happen when the federal government has complete control of the NH gun supply. What happens when the fed says they are going to close early and not working nights and weekends. You are giving away your local control to the federal government, to a federal bureaucracy. Look how efficient the Postal Service the IRS or any other alphabet agency you can think of is.

Please contact your state representative and ask them to kill HB 1220. Don’t be fooled by those who would use GO-NH’s name ("a GO-NH member suggested this") to fool people into believing that GO-NH supports this bill or the amendment(s) to this bill. GO-NH does NOT! KILL THE BILL! (We have thousands of members, not just one)

Who is my Representative?
Have you heard from those who claim to be "pro-gun" that this is a GOOD bill for firearm owners? Well, if the problem is the NHSP Gun Line, then you must know what that "pro-gun" group omitted telling you:

Did you know Representative Dan McGuire (603)782-4918 removed HB 1220 from the Consent Calendar where it would have likely been killed (the Committee voted 15-2 to ITL it), to the floor and plans to engage in a "floor fight" to give away your state’s rights to the federal government, and worse yet, the HRA (House Republican Alliance) appears to be supporting this effort?

Did you know the assistant commissioner of the Dept. of Safety, the very entity in charge of the NHSP Gun Line is an advisor to this "pro-gun" group and he is currently empowered to staff the Gun Line appropriately but has not addressed the issue. ?!?!?!?

Did you know the Majority leader in the New Hampshire House is a member of this "pro-gun" group?

Did you know HB 1220 and the proposed amendment will require that any citizen denied their 2nd Amendment right beg and hope the federal bureaucracy even tells them why they were denied, despite a federal law that says they must do so within five days-see below?

Did you know how much money will be saved on the NH Gun Line, if these positions are just reallocated? ZERO!

Maybe it is time to ask why is this “pro-gun” group interested in handing over our State’s rights to the federal government.
Representative Dan McGuire (603)782-4918 the sole sponsor of this horrendous piece of legislation now offers a worse amendment to a bad bill. We are not interested in any amendment that passes responsibility from the New Hampshire Gun Line to the Federal Government. Think of the Post Office, IRS and Obamacare.

This is actually going to cost the state more money if this bill passes. HOW can the NHSP do this when the NHSP will no longer have access to the NICS database, nor see the actual search ran? This is a feel good piece of legislation with no practical way to implement, no consequences to the NHSP for not doing so, no time frame for doing so, and no authority to make the FEDS change their mind. Note that Section 2 to 9 mentions how protective orders will be transmitted. What about a protective order that is dismissed or unfounded? How will that information be transmitted and when? Don’t know? Niether do I, there is no provision for it in the amendment.

We have been given some information that there may be another amendment offered by the bill’s sponsor, Rep Dan McGuire (603)782-4918. We believe the other potential unacceptable amendment will provide:

According to an email by Dan McGuire,

"There would be a one-time charge [hmm, doesn’t that cost money??] for DOIT to write the software, and continuing support [and doesn’t that cost money either right?] and hopefully not much expense after that. Here is what might be needed:

- A local database that DOS can use to keep track of the 200 or so individuals under court order, but not in NICS.

- A password-protected web site accessible to federally licensed firearms dealers in NH.

- A form on the site where they can enter basic information about a customer who wants to buy a gun.

- An automatic check of the FBI's NICS database given the information on the form.

- An automatic check of our local database against the same information.

- A response page the gun dealer will see telling them whether the sale was approved or denied."

What’s wrong with the Federal Government Doing Gun Checks?

The NH State Police Gun Line serves as a partial firewall against the absolute obstruction you would experience at every step by going to the Feds first. Letting HB1220 pass will dismantle this firewall and leave you completely at the mercy of the anti-firearms federal agencies for even beginning the appeals process. So, the answer is clear:

Stop the passage of HB1220 or New Hampshire citizens will be forced to deal exclusively with the Feds. Just look at the infants on the “no fly” list!

Some points to consider:

1) Does GO-NH want the state of NH to enforce the Federal Brady Law?
A: Of course not.

2) Does HB1220 end state funding of the 1993 Brady Bill?
A: Not really. Funding for the Brady Bill comes directly from the federal budget for both the FBI and BATF.

3) Does the NH State Gun Line simply regurgitate the response of the Federal NICS line?
A: No. The NH State Gun Line also performs checks against state databases to determine whether the person is prohibited from the purchase by NH, and in addition, includes the results of the NICS check in its go/no-go response. The big difference is that, if the state receives a no-go from the NICS, it will provide you with that reason if you go to Concord and ask for it. The Federal NICS does not even have a real world address where you can go to confront your accuser(s) directly, and as stated earlier, does not provide you with the reason for denial until you have at least provided them with fingerprints and a Social Security Number, which become part of a permanent federal criminal registry, and even then, they can deny you the information but still keep your fingerprints and SSN. Trying to appeal this second-stage runaround is costly, frustrating, and usually fruitless. There has never been a more "faceless" bureaucracy than the Federal NICS.

4) Does the NH State Gun Line delay approvals of firearms purchases?
A: Lately, it does, sometimes. But until recently, (recently, as in, before HB1220 was proposed) it was fairly responsive, which leads one to presume that the recent delays are a direct political response to the proposed bill (i.e. providing more ‘justification’ for eliminating the Gun Line). The state can speed up this process whenever the citizens are willing to tell them to do so. The Federal NICS is sometimes faster than the state line, but the price you pay for that speed is to be left without a functional remedy in the event of a baseless denial.

5) Can the state Gun Line serve to appeal denials and delays in a firearms purchase?
A: No. GO-NH has never claimed that it does, and anyone asserting otherwise is trying to mislead you. Rather, the state Gun Line provides the reason for denial (if it was a Gun Line check), a key element in an appeal of the denial. The Feds don’t give you the same consideration – The Feds consider you an enemy (guilty) until proven otherwise, and deny you the information, in violation of their own laws (nothing new here).

6) Why not just change the federal NICS law to provide the information necessary for an appeal?
A: First, there is no reason to change the federal NICS law to provide this information: It already has a requirement to disclose the reason for denial within 5 days of said denial (within the Brady Law, of all places!). The FBI simply ignores it. Apparently, they consider themselves above the law, and act accordingly; part of a longstanding policy against private firearms ownership.

Second, there is nothing NH can do, on its own, to fix the FBI’s handling of NICS purchase denials. When you consider that one of NH's US Senators is openly hostile to firearms civil rights, and opposes personal firearms ownership, the best NH could do in the US Senate would be a draw on any legislation to require the FBI to obey its mandate to disclose the reason for denial (however, the chances of that are…well, see: "Operation Fast And Furious"). If the current administration continues for another term, we’ll need all our resources just to fight the blizzard of anti-firearms fiat laws that are believed to be already planned out.

So, please: Tell your state Reps. to oppose HB1220!

HF&G Junior Rifle Program Fund Raiser

3RD Annual Hudson NH Fish and Game Club
Junior Rifle Offhand Challenge Rifle Match / Fundraiser

** Match Proceeds go to the Hudson NH Junior Rifle Program **

Saturday March 10th 2012 9am – 2pm

HFG 50 Foot Indoor Range at 53 Pine Rd. Hudson, NH 03051

Organized By:
George Smith (GSmith223@Comcast.net, 603 440-8610)
Keith Jylkka (kjylkka@gmail.com)

RSVP's are requested for food planning!

Posted 03/07/2012

HudsonFishAndGameFundRaiser2012.pdf

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILL NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION TODAY!
HOUSE VOTE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY, 6-MAR-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB1220

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to kill HB1220. Calling your Rep is the best way to express your opinion, because calls are hard for them to ignore.

HB1220 is expected to be voted on Tuesday, 6-Mar-2012 on the House floor in Concord.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH strongly opposes this bill!

HB1220: This bill eliminates the NH State Police Gun Line, forcing EVERY SALE to be checked exclusively by the Feds alone (the National Instant Check System, or NICS). Why is that a problem?

Simply this: If you are denied for a firearms purchase, you face arrest and prosecution by the Feds, and if you dare ask why, the federales first demand your fingerprints -- So they can ‘identify’ you. (The funny thing is, they were sure enough about your identity when they denied your constitutional right to purchase a firearm.) The Feds have made the appeals process as oblique and unresponsive as possible without coming right out and telling you there is no appeal at all (which is against the law!). The fact is, the Feds are not perfect (far from it), and it IS possible to be denied a purchase based on faulty data. The Feds would like you to either simply accept your new status as a lesser class of citizen, go away, and never purchase another firearm again (and they may just come and seize any you curre ntly have), or they would like you to agree to become a second class citizen and waive all provisions of your federal firearms privacy rights, and get your own personal set of “papers” -- to make it “easier” for you to purchase firearms in the future. (Sounds European, doesn't it?)

On the other hand, the State Police Gun Line is more responsive if a denial is issued, and NH will give you the information you need to begin the appeals process. Although it is still considered a crime to attempt to purchase firearms while under some state or federal prohibition, the state of NH will tell you why you were denied (you have to ask in Concord, but they will answer your query), whereas the Feds will seek to deny you this information at every turn. But take note: Since the reason for denial is REQUIRED to begin the appeals process, denying you the very reason for denial, is effectively the same as denying you the appeal itself.

Currently, firearms dealers call the State to get approval for handgun sales. If you are purchasing both a handgun AND a long gun, your dealer can get approval from the State without going to NICS. HOWEVER, for long gun only purchases, your dealer MUST go to the Feds. If HB1220 passes, your dealer will go directly to the Feds for EVERY purchase, meaning there will be no way to begin the appeals process without begging the Feds for required appeals info.

Why would the Feds obstruct your attempt to appeal a firearms purchase denial?

After the last few decades, this should not take much thought: The Feds have consistently, for decades now, done whatever they could to discourage private ownership of firearms. Even under so-called conservative administrations, the Feds and, specifically, the BATF and FBI have been openly hostile to firearms owners and firearms ownership, and it will only get worse in the coming years (MUCH worse if the current president is re-elected). Apparently, as far as these agencies are concerned, the recent Supreme Court decisions are merely mild suggestions that they are free to ignore as they wish. If the current president is re-elected and gets to appoint a few more Supreme Court judges who are aggressively hostile to the 2nd Amendment (as his first two appointees are), those pro-2nd Amendment decisions are likely to be overturned, which would supercharge the anti-fire arms policies of ALL federal agencies. Good luck starting an appeal under those circumstances!

Appealing a denial is costly and involves getting a lawyer, jumping through all the hoops and avoiding all the stumbling blocks the FBI will cast in your way. The FBI won’t even tell you why you were denied unless you give them your fingerprints, after which you become part of the permanent CRIMIMAL DATABASE. If you manage to win your appeal, you will be issued a ONE TIME PERMIT to purchase the firearm(s) you were initially denied, and unlike other purchasers, the Feds will forevermore record every make and model of firearm your purchase, in violation of federal law. Ask your local firearm retailer how many of these one-time permits they have ever seen! (Hint: you can count those permits on one finger)

The NH State Police Gun Line serves as a partial firewall against the absolute obstruction you would experience at every step by going to the Feds first. While using the Gun Line is not a panacea, letting HB1220 pass will dismantle this firewall and leave you completely at the mercy of the anti-firearms federal agencies for even beginning the appeals process. So, the options are clear:

Either stop the passage of HB1220, or deal exclusively with the Feds in case your purchase is denied. Think it can’t happen to you? Just look at the infants on the “no fly” list!

Some points to consider:

1) Does GO-NH want the state of NH to enforce the Federal Brady Law?

A: Of course not. The Brady Law has always been mostly about harassing firearms purchasers, and GO-NH has opposed it from its proposal up to the present. However, the Brady Law is in fact a law that licensed firearms dealers must comply with. GO-NH’s interest in this matter is to keep the state’s access to denial information available to NH citizens; as explained above; without the state State Gun Line, this information is almost impossible to obtain. If the FBI actually obeyed the disclosure requirement in the federal NICS law, (which is as likely as the sky raining $100 bills), GO-NH might support the elimination of the Gun Line.

2) Does HB1220 end state funding of the 1993 Brady Bill?

A: Not really. Funding for the Brady Bill comes directly from the federal budget for both the FBI and BATF.

3) Does the NH State Gun Line simply regurgitate the response of the Federal NICS line, making it completely redundant?

A: No. The NH State Gun Line also performs checks against state databases to determine whether the person is prohibited from the purchase by NH, and in addition, includes the results of the NICS check in its go/no-go response. The big difference is that, if the state receives a no-go from the NICS, it will provide you with that reason if you go to Concord and ask for it. The Federal NICS does not even have a real world address where you can go to confront your accuser(s) directly, and as stated earlier, does not provide you with the reason for denial until you have at least provided them with fingerprints and a Social Security Number, which become part of a permanent federal criminal registry, and even then, they can deny you the information but still keep your fingerprints and SSN. Trying to appeal this second-stage runaround is costly, frustrating, and usually fruitless. There has never been a more “faceless” bureaucracy than the Federal NICS.

4) Does the NH State Gun Line delay approvals of firearms purchases?

A: Lately, it does, sometimes. But until recently, (recently, as in, before HB1220 was proposed) it was fairly responsive, which leads one to presume that the recent delays are a direct political response to the proposed bill (i.e. providing more ‘justification’ for eliminating the Gun Line). The state can speed up this process whenever the citizens are willing to tell them to do so. The Federal NICS is sometimes faster than the state line, but the price you pay for that speed is to be left without a functional remedy in the event of a baseless denial.

5) Can the state Gun Line serve to appeal denials and delays in a firearms purchase?

A: No. GO-NH has never claimed that it does, and anyone asserting otherwise is trying to mislead you. Rather, the state Gun Line provides the reason for denial (if the check went throught the state Gun Line), and the reason for denial is a key element in an appeal of that denial. The Feds don’t give you the same consideration – The Feds consider you an enemy (guilty) until proven otherwise, and deny you the information, in violation of their own laws (nothing new here).

6) Why not just change the federal NICS law to provide the information necessary for an appeal?

A: First, there is no reason to change the federal NICS law to provide this information: It already has a requirement to disclose the reason for denial within 5 days of said denial (within the Brady Law, of all places!). The FBI simply ignores it. Apparently, they consider themselves above the law, and act accordingly; part of a longstanding policy against private firearms ownership.

Second, there is nothing NH can do, on its own, to fix the FBI’s handling of NICS purchase denials. When you consider that one of NH’s US Senators is openly hostile to firearms civil rights, and opposes personal firearms ownership, the best NH could do in the US Senate would be a draw on any legislation to require the FBI to obey its mandate to disclose the reason for denial (however, the chances of that are…well, see: “Operation Fast And Furious”). If the current administration continues for another term, we’ll need all our resources just to fight the blizzard of anti-firearms fiat laws that are believed to be already planned out.

So, please: Tell your state Reps. to oppose HB1220!

Posted 03/05/2012

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MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILL NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION TODAY!
HOUSE VOTE SOON.
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB1220
Please contact your state representatives and ask them to kill HB1220.

HB1220 will be voted on soon on the House floor in Concord.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH strongly opposes this bill!

HB1220: This bill eliminates the NH State Police Gun Line, forcing EVERY SALE to be checked exclusively by the Feds alone (the National Instant Check System, or NICS). Why is that a problem?

Simply this: If you are denied for a firearms purchase, you face arrest and prosecution by the Feds, and if you dare ask why, the federales demand your fingerprints first. So they can ‘identify’ you. The funny thing is, they were sure enough about your identity when they denied your constitutional right to purchase a firearm. The Feds have made the appeals process as oblique and unresponsive as possible without coming right out and telling you there is no appeal at all (which is against the law!). The fact is, the Feds are not perfect (far from it), and it IS possible to be denied a purchase based on faulty data. The Feds would like you to either simply accept your new status as a lesser class of citizen, go away, and never purchase another firearm again (and they may just come and seize any you currently have), or agree to become a second class citizen and waive all provisions of your federal firearms privacy rights, and get yo ur own personal set of “papers” -- to make it “easier” for you to purchase firearms in the future.

On the other hand, the State Police Gun Line is more responsive if a denial is issued, and NH will give you the information you need to begin the appeals process. While it is still considered a crime to attempt to purchase firearms while under some state or federal prohibition, the state of NH will tell you why you were denied (you have to ask in Concord, but they will answer your query), whereas the Feds will seek to deny you this information at every turn. Since the reason for denial is REQUIRED to begin the appeals process, denying you the very reason for denial, is effectively the same as denying you the appeal itself.

Why would the Feds obstruct your attempt to appeal a firearms purchase denial? After the last few decades, this should not take much thought: The Feds have consistently, for decades now, done whatever they could to discourage private ownership of firearms. Even under so-called conservative administrations, the Feds and, specifically, the BATF and FBI have been openly hostile to firearms owners and firearms ownership, and it will only get worse in the coming years (MUCH worse if the current president is re-elected). As far as these agencies are concerned, the recent Supreme Court decisions are merely mild suggestions that they are free to ignore as they wish. If the current president is re-elected and gets to appoint a few more Supreme Court judges who are aggressively hostile to the 2nd Amendment (as his first two appointees are), those pro-2nd Amendment decisions are likely to be overturned, which would supercharge the anti-firearms polic ies of ALL federal agencies. Good luck starting an appeal under those circumstances!

Either stop the passage of HB1220, or deal exclusively with the Feds in case your purchase is denied. Think it can’t happen to you? Just look at the infants on the “no fly” list!

Some points to consider:

1) Does GO-NH want the state of NH to enforce the Federal Brady Law?

A: Of course not. The Brady Law has always been mostly about harassing firearms purchasers, and GO-NH has opposed it from its proposal up to the present. However, the Brady Law is in fact a law that licensed firearms dealers must comply with. GO-NH’s interest in this matter is to keep the state’s access to denial information available to NH citizens; as explained above, without the state State Gun Line, this information is almost impossible to obtain. If the FBI actually obeyed the disclosure requirement in the federal NICS law, (which is as likely as the sky raining $100 bills), GO-NH might support the elimination of the Gun Line.

2) Does HB1220 end state funding of the 1993 Brady Bill?

A: Not really. Funding for the Brady Bill comes directly from the federal budget for both the FBI and BATF.

3) Does the NH State Gun Line simply regurgitate the response of the Federal NICS line?

4) Does the NH State Gun Line delay approvals of firearms purchases?

5) Can the state Gun Line serve to appeal denials and delays in a firearms purchase?

A: No. GO-NH has never claimed that it does, and anyone asserting otherwise is trying to mislead you. Rather, the state Gun Line provides the reason for denial (if it was a Gun Line check), a key element in an appeal of the denial. The Feds don’t give you the same consideration – The Feds consider you an enemy (guilty) until proven otherwise, and deny you the information, in violation of their own laws (nothing new here).

6) Why not just change the federal NICS law to provide the information necessary for an appeal?

So, please: Tell your state Reps. to oppose HB1220!

Posted 2/28/2012

A Call To Action

*** UPDATE 02/23/2012 ***

Charges have been dropped against Mr. Fleming, thanks for all the support from the firearms community.

Dennis Fleming, Farmington, NH charged with Class B felony reckless conduct-for stopping the man that he believes burglarized his home and that of his neighbor

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

Outrageous, but not surprisingly yet another example of how New Hampshire government officials disregard basic constitutional rights of self protection and the 2nd Amendment. This is the most recent prominent example, but far from the only example.

What can you do? Join GO-NH, Inc.-a 100% volunteer organization with no paid employees, VOTE, participate and be aware.

What else can you do? Call the Strafford County Attorney Tom Velardi (603) 749-2808 who makes the decision to prosecute and tell Attorney Velardi how you feel about the right to defense of self and property and the 2nd Amendment and Article 2-a.

Call the Farmington Police Department Police Chief Scott R. Roberge (603) 755-2731 whose officers made the decision to arrest Mr. Fleming and tell him how you feel about the right to defense of self and property and the 2nd Amendment and Article 2-a.

Farmington Police department Fax (603) 755-9712

Furthermore, New Hampshire Supreme Court’s recent decision is disheartening for what many thought was a “Castle Doctrine” State.

Here, the rule supporting interpretation of a statute to avoid or minimize its abrogation of the common law is supported by public policy. Under the defendant’s reading of the statute, even if a person faced with a situation other than those specifically set forth in RSA 627:4, III knew that he could, “with complete safety,” take some action short of using deadly force to protect himself or another from the use of deadly force, he would still be justified in taking a human life. Given the constitutional recognition of the natural right to life, and the great weight that law and society place on the sanctity of human life, see, e.g., State v. Grierson, 96 N.H. 36, 40 (1949) (“This maxim of retreating to the wall is a statement of fact properly illustrating the weight to be given to the sanctity of human life in determining the reasonable necessity of killing a human being”), the legislature most likely did not intend this result. We decline to infer from the legislature’s silence regarding the reasonable necessity requirement in the deadly force provision of the justification statute that New Hampshire citizens have the right to kill when it is not necessary under the circumstances.

Given our common law and the canons of statutory interpretation, we do not find that the legislature has expressed an intent to abrogate the deeply entrenched principle that in order for a killing to be justified, it must be reasonably necessary under the circumstances. Cf. State v. Chrisicos, 159 N.H. 405, 409-10 (2010) (noting that the legislature is free to amend the statute as it sees fit, should it disagree with our interpretation).

Posted 02/22/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND WILL BE HEARD THURSDAY, 16-FEB-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO PASS HB1468
Please also watch bills HB1499 and HB1514.
All bills will be heard Thursday, 16-Feb-2012.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports this bill:

HB1468:This bill prohibits the police from seizing personal property without a warrant. This bill is designed to prevent situations where police seize personal property (firearms are a favorite among some police dept’s). In all too many cases, police use extra-legal coercive tactics to seize firearms without a warrant, in violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and then work steadfastly to prevent their return after judicial review. With this bill enacted, police will be required to obtain a search warrant prior to such seizures, which is what they were supposed to be doing all along. (Hearing: Thursday, 16-Feb-2012 @ 10:00 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

GO-NH recommends watching these bills:

HB1499: This bill establishes the offense of criminal coercion. When DVO’s (Domestic Violence Orders) are used as a weapon against firearms owners in order to seek better divorce terms for the complaining party, or just used for revenge, prosecutors and police may tend to coerce the complaining party to “stick to the story”, that may have been taken out of context in the first place. (Hearing: Thursday, 16-Feb-2012 @ 10:30 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HB1514: This bill establishes the crime of oppressing an inhabitant’s free exercise of rights. (Hearing: Thursday, 16-Feb-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

If you are able to attend the hearings for these bills, please do so. Your presence makes a much greater impact on legislators, when you take the time from your busy day to attend in person and make your voice HEARD!

Posted 02/14/2012

MINUTE MAN ALERT --ACTION NEEDED

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILL NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND WILL BE HEARD TUESDAY, 14-FEB-2012.

PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND TELL THEM TO PASS HB1584.

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1584.

This bill will be heard Tuesday, 14-Feb-2012. Happy Valentines Day!

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports this bill:

HB1584: This bill provides that a police chief shall not inhibit the discretion given to a police officer under the law. Police are given discretion in enforcing laws so that, for example, a man rushing his wife to the hospital is not instead arrested for going through a red light. However, some police chiefs like to override this discretion to achieve, in some cases, political goals (to include anti-firearms, anti-self defense goals) rather than the safety of their community. This bill is meant to explicitly restore, to responding officers, the use of common sense in law enforcement, restoring the discretion to officers that the legislature previously only presumed they exercised. (Hearing: Tuesday, 14-Fe b-2012 @ 11:00 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

If you are able to attend the hearing for this bill, please do so. Your presence makes a much greater impact on legislators, when you take the time from your busy day to attend in person and make your voice HEARD!

Posted 02/13/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

NH SENATE PLANNING TO *QUIETLY* KILL IMPORTANT PRO-FIREARMS BILL WEDNESDAY, 8-FEB-2012!
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATOR A.S.A.P. AND DEMAND A ROLL CALL VOTE ON HB194!!

A pro-firearms bill that already passed the NH House is to be voted on Wednesday, 8-Feb, in the NH Senate. More important, backdoor meetings led to agreement among Senate leadership to quietly kill this pro-firearms civil rights bill that your state Reps already passed: Kill it without a roll call vote, so every senator can claim innocence when called to task for not passing this important bill.

Who is my STATE SENATOR? (List at end of mailing)

You see, you're not supposed to know you're about to be sold out, until it's too late to do anything about it. Then you're supposed to forget this betrayal, and re-elect the same back-stabbing senators next Nov.

Holding these cowards to a roll call vote will make them think twice about the Marc Anthony betrayal they are confidently planning tonight. So,

Please call your State Senator (and all the other state senators if you are able) and demand a roll call vote on HB194. Tell your senator that you will be carefully watching the votes on this bill, and if a roll call is not taken, you will presume that your senator voted to kill important, pro-firearms civil rights legislation meant to protect YOU!

Don't take "no" for an answer, and don't be fooled by excuses! Any senator can call for a roll call on this bill and that's what you want your senator to do! If your senator refuses to demand a roll call vote, or hems and haws when explaining to you why it can't be done, he/she almost certainly plans to vote against this bill but deny that vote later!

Senators that are openly hostile to firearms civil rights are usually upfront about their disdain for you and your "gun nut" friends. Senators that are strongly pro-firearms rights will usually agree with you on these bills, but sometimes they need an extra measure of courage to go against Senate leadership and actually demand that these votes be recorded. Senators who plan to stab you in the back typically don't want to cast recorded votes, because unrecorded votes allow them to lie right to your face during their reelection events. Don't let them get away with this!

Remember this bill that the Senate wants to kill?

HB 194 will decriminalize having loaded magazines/clips in your motor vehicle, boat, RV, etc. and clarify what is allowable. HB 194 will also protect firearm owners from being needlessly stopped, harassed, and charged, by defining what is and is not lawful.

Senate districts, senators, contact phone numbers, and towns/cities served:

District 01: John Gallus- 603-271-3076:

(Albany, Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy, Bartlett, Bean's Grant, Bean's Purchase, Berlin, Bethlehem, Cambridge, Carroll, Chandler's Purchase, Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Crawford's Purchase, Cutt's Grant, Dalton, Dix's Grant, Dixville, Dummer, Errol, Erving's Location, Franconia, Gorham, Green's Grant, Hadley's Purchase, Hale's Location, Hart's Location, Jackson, Jefferson, Kilkenny, Lancaster, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Livermore, Low and Burbank's Grant, Lyman, Martin's Location, Milan, Millsfield, Northumberland, Odell, Pinkham's Grant, Pittsburg, Randolph, Sargent's Purchase, Second College Grant, Shelburne, Stark, Stewartstown, Stratford, Success, Sugar Hill, Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, Waterville Valley, Wentworth Location and Whitefield.)

District 02: Jeanie Forrester- 603-271-4151:

District 02: (Monroe, Bath, Landaff, Easton, Haverhill, Benton, Woodstock, Piermont, Warren, Ellsworth, Thornton, Orford, Wentworth, Rumney, Campton, Lyme, Dorchester, Groton, Plymouth, Holderness, Ashland, Canaan, Orange, Alexandria, Hebron, Bridgewater, Bristol, New Hampton, Center Harbor, Meredith and Sanbornton. )

District 03: Jeb Bradley-603-271-8472:

Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Farmington, Freedom, Madison, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield and Wolfeboro.

District 04: James Forsythe-603-271-3067:

Alton, Barnstead, Belmont, Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia, New Durham, Strafford and Tilton.

District 05: Matthew Houde-603-271-8631:

Andover, Cornish, Croydon, Danbury, Enfield, Franklin, Grafton, Grantham, Hanover, Hill, Lebanon, Plainfield, Springfield and Wilmot.

District 06: Fenton Groen-603-271-2609:

Barrington, Madbury, Nottingham, Rochester and Somersworth.

District 07: Andy Sanborn-603-271-3067:

Antrim, Bennington, Boscawen, Bradford, Canterbury, Deering, Francestown, Hancock, Harrisville, Henniker, Hillsborough, Loudon, Nelson, Northfield, Salisbury, Warner, Weare, Webster and Windsor.

District 08: Bob Odell- 603-271-4063:

Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, Claremont, Gilsum, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Marlow, New London, Newbury, Newport, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Washington and Westmoreland.

District 09: Raymond White- 603-271-2609:

Bedford, Greenfield, Lyndeborough, Merrimack, Mont Vernon and New Boston.

District 10: Molly Kelly- 603-271-3207:

Chesterfield, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Richmond, Surry, Swanzey, Troy and Winchester.

District 11: Peter Bragdon- 603-271-2111:

Amherst, Greenville, Jaffrey, Milford, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Rindge, Sharon, Temple and Wilton.

District 12: Jim Luther- 603-271-4151:

Brookline, Hollis, Mason, and Wards 1, 2, 5, and 9 in the city of Nashua

District 13: Gary Lambert- 603-271-2609:

Wards 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 in the City of Nashua

District 14: Sharon Carson- 603-271-1403:

Auburn, Hudson and Londonderry

District 15: Sylvia Larsen- 603-271-3207:

Concord, Hopkinton and Pembroke.

District 16: David Boutin-603-271-3092:

Bow, Candia, Dunbarton, Hooksett and Wards 1, 2 and 12 in the city of Manchester.

District 17: John Barnes- 603-271-4063:

Allenstown, Brentwood, Chester, Chichester, Danville, Deerfield, Epsom, Fremont, Northwood, Pittsfield, Raymond and Sandown.

District 18: Tom De Blois- 603-271-4151:

Litchfield and Wards 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the City of Manchester.

District 19: Jim Rausch- 603-271-3091:

Derry, Hampstead and Windham.

District 20: Lou D’Allesandro- 603-271-2117:

Goffstown and Wards 3, 4, 10 and 11 in the City of Manchester.

District 21: Amanda Merrill- 603-271-3207:

Dover, Durham, Epping, Lee and Rollinsford.

District 22: Chuck Morse- 603-271-4980:

Atkinson, Pelham, Plaistow and Salem.

District 23: Russell Prescott- 603-271-4063:

East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton, Seabrook, South Hampton and Stratham.

District 24: Nancy Stiles- 603-271-3093:

Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, New Castle, Newington, North Hampton, Portsmouth and Rye.

Posted 02/08/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND WILL BE HEARD THURSDAY, 9-FEB-2012

PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO PASS HB1605 AND HB1523.

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1605 and HB1523.
Both bills will be heard Thursday, 9-Feb-2012.

HB1605 will be heard in the HOUSE JUDICIARY Committee on Thursday, 9-Feb-2012 @ 10:30 A.M. LOB Rm 208.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1605:This bill requires the posting of notice prohibiting firearms in courthouses. This bill also requires the court to make available space to check firearms. When lawfully carried firearms are brought to a state court in NH (**), currently the state court records your name, your driver’s license and LTC (even though in NH a LTC is not required for open carry), and firearms serial number(s), and then sends this information to Concord. If you are lawfully carrying a firearm, there is no legitimate reason for the state to record this information. (For example, they don’t give you frequent carry miles no matter how many times you check your firearms) This bill will change the procedure, allowing you the privacy you deserve when you check in yourself defense tool at the court. (Hearing: Tuesday, 9-Feb-2012 @ 10:30 A.M. LOB Rm 208, HOUSE JUDICIARY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

(**Do NOT try to carry a firearm into a Federal court: YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS THERE!)

HB1523: This bill establishes procedures for the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies after the acquittal or dismissal of proceedings against a person charged with a crime. Unfortunately, it is becoming a regular occurrence for police, after an acquittal or dismissal of charges, to keep firearms seized during a lawful or unlawful search. While GO-NH has some reservations about the requirement for police to return these seized items to your residence (as it gives them cover to harass you again), it is important to provide some statutory protection against a few police agencies that, for whatever reasons, presume to be a law unto themselves, even going so far as to ignore court orders to return the seized property). (Hearing: Tuesday, 9-Feb-2012 @ 10:30 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

Posted 02/06/2012 Updated 02/08/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND WILL BE HEARD TUESDAY, 7-FEB-2012

PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO PASS HB1651 AND HB1423

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1651 and HB1423.
Both bills will be heard Tuesday, 7-Feb-2012.
Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1651: This bill requires the division of state police to equip special weapons and tactics (SWAT) units or teams with cameras. Given the fact that NH is the 2nd safest state in the country, do you really believe NH needs 255 SWAT team members? As firearms owners see more and more official transgression against their peaceful use and possession of firearms, we are sadly seeing instances where, for whatever reasons, SWAT invades the homes of lawful firearms owners. We believe that, just as many police cruisers are equipped with cameras, (and that many times those cameras have documented unlawful behavior against legitimate firearms owners), it is important for SWAT Team members and citizens alike, to preserve an official (and incontrovertible) record of all SWAT Team/citizen interactions. We believe this will not only serve to keep o ur SWAT Teams honest, but also to help in the prosecution of those with criminal intent. (Hearing: Tuesday, 7-Feb-2012 @ 10:30 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

HB1423: This bill removes the requirement that a person not be the initial aggressor in order to legally use deadly force in defense of another person. In some cases where deadly force unfortunately becomes the only option, the real aggressor often tries to turn around the prosecution by claiming that the defender was the initial aggressor, which denies the defender a legitimate claim to use deadly force for self defense. This bill removes that requirement, taking away the bludgeon that criminals sometimes use against lawful self defense with a firearm or other self-defense tool. (Hearing: Tuesday, 7-Feb-2012 @ 11:30 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE A ND PUBLIC SAFETY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.

Posted 02/06/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND WILL BE HEARD THURSDAY, 2-FEB-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS AND URGE THEM TO PASS HB1352, HB1332, HB1438, HB1452, HR0021, HB1334, AND HB1335, AND TO OPPOSE HB1627 AND HB1535

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1352, HB1332, HB1438, HB1452, HR0021, HB1334, and HB1335. and oppose HB1627 and HB1535.

All bills will be heard Thursday, 2-Feb-2012.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1352: This bill specifies a procedure for reporting citizen complaints against a police officer, bringing to light what has been hidden for years under the guise of “personnel policies”. If an anti-firearms police officer harasses you, a citizen, for lawful possession and carry, you’ll understand the need for this protection. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 10:00 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HB1438: This bill provides for citizens accused of firearms crimes, to review the charging officer’s personnel file for complaints of bias and other evidence of unlawful anti-firearms behavior. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 10:30 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HB1452: This bill prohibits the establishment of sobriety checkpoints. Why oppose sobriety checkpoints? Because law enforcement have taken this type of traffic stop as an opportunity to go fishing for any firearms infractions, which is totally beyond the scope of a sobriety checkpoint. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 11:00 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HR0021: Only a resolution, but requires the Congress of the United States of America to reaffirm its adherence to the Constitution of the United States, regarding international agreements and treaties. This is particularly relevant, given the current administration’s desire to enter into international (read that: UN) treaties that call for the prohibition of private firearms ownership. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 11:00 A.M. LOB Rm 203, HOUSE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS)

HB1334: This bill requires an amendment to make it a pro-hunting rights and fishing rights bill. The original bill requires that a suspension of a license issued by the department of fish and game be made pursuant to notice and opportunity for a hearing by the executive director of fish and game. However, the language “but such suspension shall not be for a longer period than 30 days unless the executive director and the commission, after investigation and hearing, so determine.” was struck, leaving the suspension period indefinite. The struck provision should be reinstated, limiting the suspension to 30 days, unless an investigation and hearing finds cause for a longer period. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 11:15 A.M. LOB Rm 307, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES)

HB1335: This bill provides that the fish and game department shall refuse to issue a hunting license only if the person is prohibited under federal or state law from possessing a firearm. This provision is needed because the current standard is nebulous, and arbitrarily enforced. Note that your license can still be suspended for F&G violations. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 11:45 A.M. LOB Rm 307, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES)

GO-NH opposes these bills:

HB1627: This bill waters down and confuses the issues regarding the same type of bill heard last week (HB1277, regarding communication between federal law enforcement officers and county sheriffs). HB1277 was clearer on the issue and contained better, pro-rights language than HB1627. Therefore, this bill should be killed, so as not to damage the good from last week’s bill. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 10:0 A.M. LOB Rm 203, HOUSE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS)

HB1535: This bill makes arrest records public. Why oppose public arrest records? What about innocent until proven guilty? There is nothing in this statute that says police also have to make public notice, in the same manner and fashion, if they made a mistake. As former Labor Secy. Ray Donovan put it, “Which office do I go to (to) get my reputation back?” (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 2:30 P.M. LOB Rm 208, HOUSE JUDICIARY)

Posted 01/31/2012

Long Overdue Congratulations

Congatulations to the 2011 GO-NH Junior Small Bore Rifle Team for a National Record breaking performance at Camp Perry in July of 2011.

Left to right: Presenter Lones Wigger, Coach Keith Jylkka, Captain Adam Auclair, Alex Martin, Megan Polonsky, Brian Jylkka and Brad Driscoll

For a full write-up on the event, see the attachment below.

Posted 01/30/2012

2011_SB_Champions.pdf

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS
NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY
AND WILL BE HEARD TUESDAY, 31-JAN-2012

PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS
AND URGE THEM TO PASS
HB1555, HB1337, HB1475, and HB1690

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1555, HB1337, HB1475, and HB1690.
All bills will be heard Tuesday, 31-Jan-2012.
Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1555: This bill removes the penalty for carrying a loaded firearm for self defense in a state game refuge. (Hearing: Tuesday, 31-Jan-2012 @ 10:15 A.M. LOB Rm 307, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES)

HB1337: There is a separation of duties and powers between Conservation Officers and police employees, and this bill clarifies those distinctions. (Hearing: Tuesday, 31-Jan-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. LOB Rm 307, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES)

HB1690: This bill prohibits the use of cell phone data extraction devices by law enforcement agencies. This relates to firearms ownership, possession and use, because law enforcement has been known to search through phones looking for pictures and other info relating to shooting and the firearms community, with an eye towards prosecution, i.e. ‘fishing expeditions’. (Hearing: Tuesday, 31-Jan-2012 @ 2:30 P.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HB1475: This bill provides that no state official shall enforce any provision of an interstate compact, which is based on another state’s law or rule, which has not been specifically approved by the New Hampshire legislature. The short version: Law enforcement cannot prosecute you for violating the laws of another state unless the NH legislature has also passed those laws. (Hearing: Tuesday, 31-Jan-2012 @ 3:00 P.M. LOB Rm 206, HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW & STATUTORY RECODIFICATION)

Posted 01/30/2012

Minute Man Alert -- ACTION NEEDED

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS
NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY, WEDNESDAY, 25-JAN-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS
AND URGE THEM TO PASS
HB1246, HB1212, HB334*, HB194*, and HB1277,
AND TO OPPOSE HB1220

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1246, HB1212, HB334, HB194, and HB1277, and to kill HB1220. We also ask you to watch SB319.

HB1277 will be heard Friday, 27-Jan-2012 @ 11:30 A.M. in the LOB in Concord (Rm 203).

All other bills will be heard Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 in either the LOB or SH (State House) in Concord.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1246: This bill adds two other offices that can issue licenses to carry concealed firearms. If you don’t trust your anti-firearms Chief of Police (or Selectmen) to issue an LTC, your pro-rights, elected Sheriff, or the Director of State Police can do so, as an alternative. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 @ 1:30 P.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HB1212: This bill provides firearms owners (and, really, everybody) with additional protection from prosecution resulting from an unlawful arrest. It also makes the standard for arrest clearer, in an attempt to avoid individuals being put under arrest simply on the whim of law enforcement. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 @ 2:00 P.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

HB334: Support with amendment: We support repealing and reenacting RSA 159:26 as proposed in HB334. We also have concerns with the proposed language amending RSA 41:11-a. I. We will explain this position in more detail tomorrow. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. SH Rm 100, SENATE JUDICIARY)

HB194: This bill clarifies what comprises a “loaded firearm”. Firearms owners have been prosecuted for nebulous claims of loaded firearms – This bill should help prevent some of the more egregious cases. We note that section III-a is poorly drafted and confusing, negating the intended clarity of this bill. Ask your Representatives to support the bill but remove or rewrite section III-a. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 @ 1:30 P.M. SH Rm 100, SENATE JUDICIARY)

HB1277: This bill requires Federal law enforcement agencies to notify NH law enforcement agencies, prior to investigation and enforcement of federal law here in NH. Ask your Representatives to add a requirement for written notification, from the Feds, to a named NH Law Enforcement Officer, before proceeding. (Hearing: Friday, 27-Jan-2012 @ 11:30 A.M. LOB Rm 203, HOUSE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS)

GO-NH STRONGLY opposes this bill:

HB1220: This bill would eliminate the state firearms purchase approval line, forcing EVERY SALE to be checked exclusively by the Feds. Yes, the same Feds that run the TSA. The same Feds that created Operation Fast And Furious. The creators of a no-fly list with babies and 3 year olds on it. Those Feds.

Why does this matter? Simply stated, if there is a problem with the State’s approval, you can find out why immediately in Concord, from a real person, and if necessary, petition the court for reconsideration. However, if you are disapproved by the Feds, you can't even hope to get an explanation of the reason for the disapproval, without surrendering your fingerprints (and we all know how accurate they aren't) and engaging in an expensive legal process. Where do you even go to ask why you were denied? Washington, D.C.?? Additionally, you could even practically be barred from purchasing firearms FOR LIFE, having no recourse to remove the restriction, simply because the Feds refuse to explain the disapproval, thus preventing you from fixing or challenging it. An additional problem is that, while firearms purchases in the state of NH h ave increased, the NH State Police have intentionally underfunded the firearms sale approval staff, which has needlessly caused law abiding citizens to wait up to four hours for firearms purchase approval. This has also negatively impacted small firearms businesses. Besides this, do you want the Feds to be your only source of approval for purchasing firearms? Didn't think so... (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY)

GO-NH asks you to watch this bill:

SB319: Watch: The Feds and the State have taken away people’s firearms civil rights based on specious claims of PTSD. This bill extends the commission’s study for another year. Watch the Commission’s report for proposed legislation to the House and Senate. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Jan-2012 @ 1:30 P.M. LOB Rm 102, SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES)

Posted 01/25/2012

Minute Man Alert -- ACTION NEEDED

Important Firearms Related Bills

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1341 and HB1551, and to kill HB1339. We also ask you to watch HB1608 and HB1646.

HB1341 will be heard Tuesday, 24-Jan-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. in the LOB in Concord (Rm 204).

All other bills will be heard Wednesday, 25-Jan-2012 in the LOB in Concord.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1341: Repeals 644:13, the so called Compact Zone Anti-Firearms law. 644:13 is poorly written law, unevenly enforced, and can lead to felony charges for use of firearms. (Hearing: Tuesday, 24-Jan-2012 @ 1:00 P.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY).

HB1551: This bill is designed to protect land owners from frivolous suits. It could be stronger, but is better than no protection at all. (Hearing: Wednesday, 25-Jan-2012 @ 11:00 A.M. LOB Rm 207, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES).

GO-NH opposes this bill:

HB1339: This bill says you cannot rent your land out to just one person, or let just one person use your property for hunting, fishing, or trapping. It could be easily be amended to include use of firearms. This is not only an anti property owners bill, it is potentially a wide ranging anti firearms bill. (Hearing: Wednesday, 25-Jan-2012 @ 2:00 P.M. LOB Rm 207, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES).

GO-NH asks you to watch these bills:

HB1608: Watch: Protective orders are sometimes abused by parties, in a way that affects our firearms civil rights. Watch for anti-firearms amendments. (Hearing: Wednesday, 25-Jan-2012 @ 10:00 A.M. LOB Rm 204, HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY).

HB1646: Of Note: This bill, while not directly related to firearms civil rights, will affect your rights regarding deer hunting. GO-NH recommends reading the bill here, and taking appropriate action. (Hearing: Wednesday, 25-Jan-2012 @ 10:00 A.M. LOB Rm 207, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES).

Posted 01/25/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS RELATED BILLS
YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED TODAY, MONDAY, 23-JAN-2012

PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS
AND URGE THEM TO PASS HB1244, HB1342, AND HB1476,
AND TO OPPOSE HB1318 AND HB1375

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support HB1244, HB1342, and HB1476, and to kill HB1318 and HB1375. We also ask you to watch HB1187. All of these bills will be heard Tuesday, 24-Jan-2012 in the LOB in Concord.

Who is my Representative?

GO-NH supports these bills:

HB1244 is a bill to give citizens the right to carry a self defense tool while trapping.

HB1342 is a bill that says the state cannot hire lobbyists with your tax money, plus cities and towns (through The Municipal Association) will no longer be allowed to as well, though they currently do.

HB1476 is a bill that says NH will no longer enforce out of state laws, rules, codes, and fees.

GO-NH opposes these bills:

HB1318: Tell your Rep. to ITL this bill (Inexpedient To Legislate, i.e. kill the bill). (This bill takes away rights you currently have under RSA 159:6) We went through this last session, and please tell your State Senator to SUPPORT HB536 as passed by the House - a MUCH better bill.

HB1375 (as written), although a well intended bill, will also be used against firearms owners when they are forced to defend themselves, and will take away their 2nd Amendment rights. Remember what happened to Ward Bird, who was sentenced under a previously well intentioned bill that was passed for a similar reason - and was ultimately used against firearms owners.

GO-NH asks you to watch this bill:

HB1187: Whatever happened to the old Civilian Defense Corp, and why are we reinventing the wheel? Presently, this bill creates an advisory commission, but needs to be watched for possible unrestricted power grabs. Our concern is that this commission, which prepares for possible action in the wake of a catastrophic event that renders the federal government unable to function, will propose unconstitutional and extra constitutional laws (such as banning all private firearms). If they are given the power to enforce such proposals, ALL of our rights will be in jeopardy.

Posted 01/23/2012

WEDNESDAY, January 4, 2012 THEY ARE VOTING TO TAKE YOUR RIGHTS CONTACT YOUR REPS

HB 29 is Sponsored by Representative (Dr.) Steve Cunningham. (Docket available HERE)

The text of HB 29 is available (HERE).

HB 29 is "A bill to allow a person to Petition the Superior Court in their jurisdiction when their License to carry a concealed pistol or revolver has been denied, suspended or revoked."

Who is my Representative?

Please contact your state representatives and ask them to support Rep. (Dr.) Steve Cunningham’s bill, and to pass HB 29.

Please act to protect and further your 2nd Amendment rights.

HB 29 2011 MYTH BUSTING!!

Judges are human, with biases for and against firearms, individuals with connections in family and business and many other reasons that might make a person want to choose one court over another, particularly if your local chief of police appears before the local district court judge regularly and the police chief has developed a good rapport with the local judge, the judge is likely to take the chief of police’s word over yours. HB 29 would allow you to Petition the District OR the Superior Court in your area if your 2nd amendment rights are denied by your chief of police or selectmen.
Individuals MUST have the right to have grievances redressed! If you don’t feel you will get a fair hearing in district court one should have the right to be heard in superior court ( as was the Law Before 2009 (Garand v. Town of Exeter)
The majority of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee , 11-6 wants to deny you your right to chose.
Tell the Committee you want them to Pass this bill! Call the committee members ask them how they voted. Thank those who stood up for freedom and ask the 11 who voted against your right to choose WHY? The Republican Majority on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee does not think you should have a right to choose where to go to Court!
They don’t think you should have a choice on whether to spend YOUR money preserving your 2nd amendment right.
Call your Representative and tell him/her you want a roll call vote on HB 29 and to vote AGAINST the Committee’s ITL recommendation and to PASS THE BILL! MYTH: HB 29 will cost the State money! NO. How would it?
There is currently no filing fee in District Court to file a Petition from a denial of a LTC and HB 29 will not change this.
Tell them you care about your 2nd Amendment rights and can make your OWN choice about your OWN money.
Tell them it costs the same in time and taxpayer money in Superior Court as District Court and you are insulted they would try to sell you such a load of cabbage.
Even if HB 29 cost a aggrieved citizen more to elect to file an action in Superior rather than District Court, A citizen should have a right to choose how much of their own money they spend.
HB 29 wouldn’t cost the taxpayers any more to allow a person to file in Superior Court rather than District Court, the judges and clerks are paid the same in each court aren’t they??
If HB 29 passes, it would not take any more time to try a case in Superior Court than District Court, is the Committee saying Superior Court judges are less efficient and slower, thus costing taxpayers more money?
The Petition objecting to the local chief of police’s actions pertaining to your License To Carry one would file in Superior Court is the same Petition one would file in District Court, (other than the caption/label on the top would say Superior Court rather than District Court) how would that cost taxpayers more money?
Until Garand v. Town of Exeter, denials from application for license to carry a Pistol/Revolver HAD BEEN filed in Superior Courts as the law originally intended they could be, however, the Supreme Court sought to restrict a citizen’s avenues for redress of injuries.
If HB 29 passes, just like before State v. Garand, if a citizen files a Petition from a denial or other violation pursuant to RSA 159:6 in Superior Court, the filing fee is $180.00, plus costs for service, thus paying money into the State, the State has an opportunity to make money if HB 29 passes, and citizens can choose how to spend their own money.
RSA 159:6-e allowed a person aggrieved by the licensing authority to go to Superior Court for YEARS before the NH Supreme Court (despite the legislative history to the contrary) said, in a surprising decision in 2009 (Garand v. Town of Exeter) that individuals could no longer Petition the Superior Court for redress of their rights for denials or revocations of their LTC.
Many other causes of action can be filed in either the District or Superior court-all types of civil and others matters may be filed in either court. If a person owes you money, you can file in either District or Superior court (you may have to forego part of the debt if you file in District).
Many lawyers charge the same price for District and Superior court work, and if they don’t, a citizen should have the right to choose where to go, and how much of their money to spend.
Passing HB 29 will not give someone a right to a jury trial.
Passing HB 29 will not give someone “two bites at the apple” if they lose in District Court or Superior Court the appeal will still be to the New Hampshire Supreme Court…i.e. no appeal from District to Superior Court.
Denying a person the right to choose where they file a case, District or Superior court is just anti-freedom.
NH law already has a provision to award fees and costs to an aggrieved party, as well it should, and HB 29 will not change this.

Currently 159:6-f Remedies. –
I. If any licensing entity or employee or member of the city council or board of selectmen, in violation of the provisions of this chapter, refuses to comply with this chapter, such entity or person shall be liable for reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in a lawsuit under this chapter to enforce the terms of this chapter, provided that the court finds that such lawsuit was necessary in order to obtain compliance with this chapter by the licensing authority. Fees shall not be awarded unless the court finds that the entity or person knew or should have known that the conduct engaged in was a violation of this chapter or when the parties, by agreement, provide that no such fees shall be paid. In any case in which fees are awarded under this chapter, upon a finding that an employee, or other official of a licensing entity has acted in bad faith in refusing to comply with this chapter, the court may award such fees personally against such employee or other official.
II. The court may invalidate an action of a licensing entity taken in violation of the provisions of this chapter, if the circumstances justify such invalidation, and may require the licensing entity to issue a license or otherwise comply with the provisions of this chapter.
III. In addition to any other relief awarded pursuant to this chapter, the court may issue an order to enjoin future violations of this chapter. Source. 1996, 122:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.

Posted 01/04/2012

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

IMPORTANT FIREARMS BILLS HB194 & HB536
NEED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY, TUESDAY, 3-JAN-2012
PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS
AND URGE THEM TO PASS HB194 & HB536 –expected to be voted on Wednesday Jan 4
These bills are expected to be voted on WEDNESDAY, January 4, 2012 - so there’s no time to waste!

Call and e-mail your State Reps. TODAY (here) and urge them to pass HB 194 as introduced, not the watered down Hopper amendment Offered up-as a weakened second choice!

While you were eating turkey and spending the holidays with family and friends, the Elitist Forces of Foes of Freedom were working overtime to see to it that your liberties are diminished; that you are ever more firmly under their thumb. Of whom do we speak? Why, our Gun Grabbin' Gov'nah and his Power Hungry Anti-Freedom Elitist pals. They're coming back from their holidays with a bag of self defense-crushing goodies that would make even Obama & Maw Napolitano jealous!

First up: Governor Lynch will join with Law Enforcement and Higher Education officials to emplore our Legislature to reject bills that protect your Firearms Civil Rights and Right to Self Defense.

Some Law Enforcement officials -- you know, the folks you PAY to protect you -- and some Higher Education officials -- those people you PAY to indoctrinate your children with socialist hatred of America's founding principles, are fearful of adults lawfully carrying arms for self defense. So much so that they're lobbying to prevent passage of pro-citizen bills the House and Senate worked on last year. In this case, HB194, a bill that repeals a very restrictive law that's been used to persecute innocent NH citizens. They're also after HB536, the so called “Constitutional Carry” bill.

Under current law, RSA 207:7 restricts how you may carry your self defense tool in your vehicle, which is defined as any motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile, boat or aircraft. (There are enough laws on the books to stop poachers - the current law, with all its ambiguity, has led to the prosecution of law abiding sportsmen). Farmers cannot even shoot a rabid animal from a parked tractor!

HB 194 will decriminalize having loaded magazines/clips in your motor vehicle, boat, RV, etc. and clarify what is allowable.

HB 194 will also protect firearm owners from being needlessly stopped, harassed, and charged, by defining what is and is not lawful. RSA 207:7 has been twisted to be interpreted in a way that no one had ever thought it would - and can be enforced by Fish and Game and interpreted by the courts to mean a loaded magazine attached to a firearm, or even in the vehicle in your hunting gear bag or pocket while in a vehicle. HB 194 will rectify this problem with current law by repealing the bad sections of RSA 207:7, while leaving the section prohibiting poaching intact.

GO-NH leadership believes that HB 194, as written, should pass.

Therefore, please call and e-mail your State Reps. TODAY (here) and urge them to pass HB 194 as introduced (not the bait-and-switch, neutered Hopper amendment they intend to substitute!)

Although HB536, the so called “Constitutional Carry” bill, is not now as protective of your 2nd Amendment rights as when it was introduced, HB536 (the original version) was a comprehensive bill restoring New Hampshire citizen’s right to keep and bear arms. The amended version is now HB536 2011-2679h, (which was gutted and weakened by the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee) . We believe this bill will need further amendment in the senate, but we have to start somewhere, so you should ask your reps to support this bill also.

HB 536, as currently amended, simply makes a License To Carry optional (for lawful concealed carry), clarifies that a License To Carry expires on the fifth anniversary of holders’ DOB (currently it expires on the fourth year), prohibits the police from asking any more information on a LTC application (Pistol/Revolver License to Carry) than is currently allowed by law, and makes it clear that anyone who is not prohibited by statute from possessing a firearm in New Hampshire may carry or transport loaded firearms. The bill also makes it explicitly legal for law abiding individuals not engaged in the business of selling pistols or revolvers, to sell a firearm to a person who is personally known to him or her.

Again, please urge your reps to support and pass HB 536 and HB 194 on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Posted 01/03/2012

Union Leader Poll

The Union Leader is taking a poll on their web site... asking: "Should people be allowed to carry guns on New Hampshire college campuses?"

Please vote to show the world that firearms on college campus is a constitutional right!

The poll is located at the bottom right corner of the home page of the Union Leader, above the links.

Posted 12/12/2011

GO-NH Raffle

Gun Owners of New Hampshire is raffling off a Ruger P345 Special NRA Edition .45ACP.

Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10.

Tickets may be purchased at the monthly GO-NH meetings or by calling the GO-NH phone line: 603-225-4664 (GO-NH).

The drawing will be held on April 17, 2012 at the Holiday Inn, 172 N. Main Street, Concord, NH 03301.

You must be 16 or older to purchase tickets.

Posted 10/01/2011

CCF&G CMP Weekend

Hi All,

I am pleased to send along this message about the CMP Weekend, 15-16 Oct at CCF/G in Keene. There will be two matches on saturday and two matches on sunday. Garand, Springfield, Vintage and Carbine. Entry is ten dollars per gun and you must provide your own ammo. See their website for more info. If you can't shoot all four events check to see which shoots you can make on either day. Rifle course "B" (50 rounds for record) for the big guns and the 40 record shots for the little gun. All firing at 200 yards.
Hope to see you on the range,

George Gurick
SSPC

Posted 09/27/2011

John_C_Oct15.pdf

2011 GONH Service Rifle team

GONH Service Rifle Team

Pictured above are the people that fired in and supported the 2011 GO-NH State Service Rifle Team representing
New Hampshire at Camp Perry in the National Trophy Rifle Team Match fired on Thursday August 1st 2011.

Back Row Left to Right;
Randy Enger (pit crew), David Lavoie (shooter / coach) Chris Metildi (shooter)
Rich Skowronski (shooter), Ev Tate (Pit crew)
Front Row Left to Right; Brian Driscoll (shooter), Nate Putnam (shooter), George Smith (shooter / captain)

This match is fired with Teams consisting of six firing members all shooting the 50 shot National Match Course.
Fifty Three “In Competition” Teams and Twenty Eight “Out of Competition” Teams fired in this match.
To be an, In Competition Team at least one firing member on the team must be a “New Shooter” that has never fired in this match before. The team new shooter this year was Brian Driscoll and Brian shot quite well.

Of the 81 Teams Total that fired in this match The GO-NH Team came in 33rd place with a total score of 2768-24x
Of the 53 In Competition Teams Total that fired in this match The GONH Team came in 23rd place.
Full results are posted at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=6544

A Huge Thank You goes out from all team members to Randy and Ev for volunteering again this year for pit duty! It is hard work pulling and marking targets all day in the heat and humidity of Camp Perry.

All firing and support team members would also like to Thank Gun Owners of NH and the Shooting Sports Committee for the support they provided the Team to participate in this annual prestigious event.

By George Smith Team Captain

Posted 09/27/2011

MINUTEMAN UPDATE -- VICTORY!!

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS;THANK THEM (unless, of course, they voted against the override) FOR OVERRIDING GOVERNOR LYNCH'S VETO OF SB88!!

Your calls and letters were heard by our state Reps and Senators, and led to both houses overriding Gov. John Lynch's veto of the self-defense bill SB88. SB88 will become law 90 days after the House vote is enrolled.

Thanks to a strong response from GO-NH members and leadership, in cooperation with other pro-firearms rights groups here in NH, our representatives in Concord took a bold step and rebuked the Governor, sending a strong message to every part of NH government: We want our rights preserved and strengthened, includin g rights that elitist bureaucrats would rather deny us, like self-defense.

Please look up your State Reps and your State Senator (if you haven't already) and then find out how each one voted here (House) and here (Senate). A "Yea" is a vote to override (hoo-rah!!); "Nay" votes are to support the Governor and his elitist buddies (boo!).

Please thank any Reps and Senator that supported us (you can use this State Reps link to obtain contact information). Far from everyday routine, this was a risky and bold vote to support the will of the people over the desires of politically connected, "too good for the common rabble" elitists. Contact info for your state Senator is here.

It wouldn't hurt to contact any Reps and Senator for your district that voted against us. Politely let them know that you are disappointed in their Nay votes: You elected them to protect your rights, not the Governor's power -- They sometimes forget who put them in office (and who can replace them next term). They need reminders like this from time to time.

So: Congratulations! Participatory government worked once again.

Remember: GO-NH relies on members and donations for funding, postage and paper. GO-NH is 100% volunteer and relies on your generous support. Please consider upgrading your membership at:
http://gonh.org/membership_application,
or making a donation to:
GO-NH, Inc. P.O. Box 847, Concord, NH 03302-0847

Posted 9/15/2011

MINUTEMAN UPDATE -- YOU WON!!!

NH SENATE VOTES TO OVERRIDE
GOVERNOR LYNCH'S VETO OF SB88;
NEXT STOP: NH HOUSE!

On Sept. 7, the NH Senate took up the matter of Governor John Lynch's veto of SB88, a bill to strengthen citizen's rights to stand their ground when faced with a potentially life threatening situation. Thanks to your voices, our Senators heard the people speak, and voted again to support this pro-self defense bill, SB88, by overriding the Governor's veto of same.

Make no mistake: This is a big deal! The Governor held press conferences, engaged some elitist, anti-firearms Police Chiefs and bureaucrats to support him, and called upon anti-firearms groups to join him in explaining why NH citizens cannot be trusted to defend themselves and their families. The usual newspapers and blogs warned of the rivers of blood that will run down our streets if SB88 was signed into law. The usual breathless pre dictions of citizens shooting each other over parking spaces. The usual "citizens cannot be trusted" elitism. The usual "your government knows what's best for you" condescension that has worked in the past.

But most of our senators saw through the arrogance, hype and doomsaying.

They knew it was just another attempt to reserve the right to "stand your ground" to only those government-approved few who are 'important' enough to be worth defending. (Hint: that small group doesn't include you or me). So they made the pro-citizen's rights decision, voting to strengthen your right to stand your ground against malicious prosecution.

The next stop for SB88 is back to the NH House, where there are enough elected supporters of citizen's self-defense rights to make a veto override very likely. Of course, we shouldn't count our chickens before they hatch, but the Governor and his elitist buddies all agreed that the Senate was their last, best hope of protecting their monopoly on the right of self defense.

Perhaps we should put them all on crisis watch?

YOUR presence in Concord on Tuesday and Wednesday, and your letters, emails, and calls to your senator, gave our senators the confidence to cast an override vote.

Here's how they voted.

If your Senator voted Yea, it would be great to thank him/her for standing up for your self defense rights! If the vote was Nay, you might want to remind the good senator that when a self defense situation arises, the first person on the scene that can defend you, the defender who is there before anyone else, is YOU! And remind them that you vote. And you know other folks who vote. And will remember this and any other votes against your civil rights, come next November. Be polite, but make your position clear -- You elected a senator to protect YOUR interests, not the Governor's.

Please also call or email your State Reps, and remind them that you expect their vote to override the Governor's veto. As always, be polite, but firm. We're almost there -- Your rep's vote will be the deciding factor!

And if you're one of the folks who appeared yesterday and today in Concord, to let the Governor and the press know that you expect your government to treat you like an adult instead of a ward of the State, then you have our most sincere thanks, and admiration for your commitment to the cause. Legislators know that each person who takes the time to redress government in person, generally speaks for tens or hundreds of others who cannot be there but wish they could.

Congratulations! You made a difference, for the better!

Posted 9/8/2011

MINUTEMAN ALERT -- ACTION NEEDED!!

PLEASE ATTEND A TUESDAY, 9/6, 1 P.M.
PRESS CONFERENCE IN CONCORD. NH;
TELL OUR LEGISLATORS TO OVERRIDE
GOVERNOR LYNCH'S VETO OF SB88,
THE MUCH NEEDED "NO MORE 'WARD BIRD' INJUSTICE" BILL

Our very own Governator, John Lynch, is still trying to prevent NH citizens from having a strong, pro-self defense bill to prevent more travesties of justice, ala "Ward Bird". He is holding a press conference on Tuesday, 6-Sep, at 11 A.M. to again tell NH why self defense should be left to Cops and Bureaucrats only.

At 1 P.M. that same Tuesday, we need to send a counter message: SB88 protects OUR right to self defense: Override the Governor's veto, and PASS SB88 NOW! Vermont, Arizona, Alaska, and Wyoming have all strengthened their defenders with this protection -- We owe it to ourselves to do the same.

Firearms owners and others need to make it clear that self defense is a right for ALL of us, including defense with a firearm. We need SB88 to help protect defenders against elitist prosecutors, whose only concern is maintaing the state's monopoly on the use of deadly force in self defense.

Remember: The U.S. Supreme Court has said police have no obligation to protect you specifically, but only the public at large (109 S.Ct. 998, 1989).

That means if you are in a self defense situation that requires deadly force, the only person responsible for wielding it is YOU. Given that fact, your lawful use of deadly force should be protected against malicious, politically motivated prosecution.

On Tuesday, 6-September, 1 P.M. at the LOB (Legislative Office Building) in Concord, NH, let your Reps, Senators, Governor, and elitist bureaucrats hear from their electorate: We want the SB88 veto overridden, and we want SB88 passed NOW!

Please attend the rally at the LOB tomorrow, at 1 P.M., and please contact your State Reps and your State Senator, and tell them you expect them to support the SB88 self-defense bill, by overriding the Governor's veto of SB88. As always, be polite, but firm. We need this bill. The NRA supports it. GONH supports it. Our legislators should, too, so tell them that.

The Governor ignored our demands for a strong, pro-self defense law to prevent future "Ward Bird" tragedies, so now it's time raise our voices in our state capitol, Concord, for all to hear.

Hope to see you there!

Remember: GO-NH relies on members and donations for funding, postage and paper. GO-NH is 100% volunteer and relies on your generous support. Please consider upgrading your membership at:

http://gonh.org/membership_application,
or making a donation to:
GO-NH, Inc. P.O. Box 847, Concord, NH 03302-0847

Please act today to protect and further your 2nd Amendment rights!

Posted 9/6/2011

Join the NRA, Cash for GO-NH!

Gun Owners of New Hampshire is the NRA's official State Affiliate organization. Membership information is not shared between GO-NH and the NRA. To join GO-NH, fill out and submit this application.

By using this link to join the NRA, or to renew or upgrade your membership; or when you use the GO-NH Campaign ID "XC010665" on a mail form, the NRA pays GO-NH a bonus to help protect your rights here in New Hampshire!

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