Posted February 12, 2017 2:24 pm by Comments

By James England

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — The House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 12 last Thursday in a 200 to 97 vote. The vote confirms an earlier approval by the New Hampshire Senate and means this bill will go to Governor Chris Sununu’s desk.

via New Hampshire’s Union Leader

“This was not done by out-of-state lobbyists,” said Rep. J.R. Hoell, R-Dunbarton, citing Everytown for Gun Safety’s efforts to sway legislators.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a non-profit shell effort to promote Massachusetts and New York style gun control measures in states that adamantly refuse to adopt them on their own. The group is funded in part by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

That group is considered widely responsible for an influx of out-of-state funds during the recent election cycle and further measures to smear long-standing proponents of constitutional carry in the Granite State.

The vote for Senate Bill 12 was not done purely along party lines. Some republicans, such as Rep. Robert Elliott, R-Salem, came out against the measure saying that permits somehow protect citizens from criminals and a “society that has gone crazy”.

Unsurprisingly, Elliot had no actual data to back that argument up.

As a New Hampshire resident, I feel the need to point …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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