New Hampshire House Passes Gun Control Bills

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File

While New Hampshire’s red flag bill died in committee, the state isn’t done with gun control.

It seems that when they weren’t complaining about pearl necklaces, Democrats in the state managed to figure out how to push a couple of anti-gun bills through the House.

The New Hampshire House approved several bills Tuesday aimed at tightening the rules on gun purchases in the state, a dramatic shift in a state known to have some of the least restrictive laws in the country.

Supporters in the Democratically-controlled body voted 199-147 in favor of a bill that would mandate a seven-day waiting period on gun sales. The House also approved a bill 203-148 that requires criminal background checks on commercial sales and a seven-day waiting period for gun purchases.

The bills now go to the Democratically-controlled Senate.

Supporters of the waiting period bill argued that limiting the access to guns could dramatically cut the suicide rates in the state.

“Waiting periods can and do save lives by preventing impulsive acts of violence and suicide,” House Majority Leader Doug Ley said, claiming that suicide rates have gone up nearly 50 percent between 1999 and 2016 in New Hampshire.

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