The KKK’s Gun Law Is Now New Hampshire’s ‘Suitable Person’ Rule

By Ammoland

By Evan F. Nappen, Esq.

New Hampshire –-(Ammoland.com)- New Hampshire Senate Bill 116 repeals the requirement that one be a “suitable person” in order to obtain an optional License to Carry a Pistol or Revolver (LTC).

It is optional because SB 116 also repeals the requirement that one have an LTC for a handgun in New Hampshire.

The term “suitable person” can directly trace its roots to racism and the growing political influence of the Ku Klux Klan in New Hampshire in 1923.

Governor Hassan has threatened to veto this bill which has passed both the House and Senate. Yet, it would be a mistake to let this racist relic remain on the books.

New Hampshire’s long-standing “suitable person” standard is founded upon racism directed at immigrants. New Hampshire’s LTC law dates back to 1923 and started out as House Bill No. 26. According to the Journal of House of Representatives from January 1923, this act was passed to “…control the possession, sale and use of pistols, or revolvers….” The new law required that “no person shall sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a pistol or …read more