Update: Please contact your state senator and ask him or her to support HB 536 and HB 1535, and to oppose HB 1168.
These bills will be voted on tomorrow, Thursday, April 26, 2012, and other pro-firearms bills will be heard starting at 1:00 P.M., in LOB Room 101 (the Legislative Office Building).
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This notice is about some important firearms-related bills heading for the Senate on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
NH Senators need to hear from you on supporting HB 1555, HB 1611, HB 1341, and HB 1246
These bills will be heard in the Senate on Thursday, April 26, 2012 starting at 10:00 AM, in LOB Room 102 (the Legislative Office Building), and in the afternoon starting at 1:30 PM in LOB Room 101. Please attend these hearings if possible. Your presence makes a difference!
You may bring video cameras, including cell phone cameras (but RINGERS OFF, PLEASE!) and record the hearings, to show to your friends and other interested parties how firearms owners are being treated by the NH Senate.
To write all the Senators at once, use this address.. Senators@leg.state.nh.us
HB1555: 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.
HB1161: This bill repeals unnecessary statutory provisions governing the sale of pistols and revolvers. (Hearing: Thursday, 26-Apr-2012 @ 1:30 P.M. LOB Rm 101, SENATE JUDICIARY) Please also call the members of the committee and ask them to support this important bill.
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: Thursday, 26-Apr-2012 @ 1:50 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.
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-Apr-2012 @ 2:10 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 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. Find the number here: NH Senate