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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)
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. (Hearing: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012 @ 10:15 A.M. LOB Rm 307, HOUSE FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES)
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
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.
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 the Feds. HOWEVER, for long gun only purchases, your dealer MUST go to the 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
2011 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.
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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!
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Posted 9/6/2011
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