Guide to gun rights in your New Hampshire town

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Here is a town list type your town and the color and someone will make the edit. Although we will do our best to keep this list accurate and updated as always your (Federal & State) constitutional right has the last say. This list is compiled from the experiences of NES members.

Bold Green required by law to issue "pistol/revolver" license"

Bold Red Local chief doesn't support the concept of a shall-issue "pistol/revolver" license" as defined in NH law but still issues as required by the law.

Cities in Bold Black are almost Impossible or impossible to Obtain a "pistol/revolver" license"

Cities not in bold are still awaiting member feedback at this time.

Acworth
Albany
Alexandria
Allenstown
Alstead
Alton
Amherst
Andover
Antrim
Ashland
Atkinson
Auburn
Barnstead
Barrington
Bartlett
Bath
Bedford
Belmont
Bennington
Benton
Berlin
Bethlehem
Boscawen
Bow
Bradford
Brentwood
Bridgewater
Bristol
Brookfield
Brookline
Campton
Canaan
Candia
Canterbury
Carroll
Center Harbor
Charlestown
Chatham
Chester
Chesterfield
Chichester
Claremont
Clarksville
Colebrook
Columbia
Concord
Conway
Cornish
Croydon
Dalton
Danbury
Danville
Deerfield
Deering
Derry
Dorchester
Dover
Dublin
Dummer
Dunbarton
Durham
East Kingston
Easton
Eaton
Effingham
Ellsworth

Enfield
Epping
Epsom
Errol
Exeter
Farmington
Fitzwilliam
Francestown
Franconia
Franklin
Freedom
Fremont
Gilford
Gilmanton
Gilsum
Goffstown
Gorham
Goshen
Grafton
Grantham
Greenfield
Greenland
Greenville
Groton
Hampstead
Hampton
Hampton Falls
Hancock
Hanover
Harrisville
Harts Location
Haverhill
Hebron
Henniker
Hill
Hillsborough
Hinsdale
Holderness
Hollis
Hooksett
Hopkinton
Hudson
Jackson
Jaffrey
Jefferson
Keene
Kensington
Kingston
Laconia
Lancaster
Landaff
Langdon

Lebanon
Lee
Lempster
Lincoln
Lisbon
Litchfield
Littleton
Londonderry
Loudon
Lyman
Lyme
Lyndeborough
Madbury
Madison
Manchester
Marlborough
Maelow
Mason
Meredith
Merrimack
Middleton
Milan
Milford
Milton
Monroe
Mont Vernon
Moltonborough
Nashua
Nelson
New Boston
New Castle
New Durham
New Hampton
New Ipswitch
New London
Newbury
Newfields
Newington
Newmarket
Newport
Newton
North Hampton
Northfield
Northumberland
Northwood
Nottingham
Orange
Orford
Ossipee
Pelham
Pembroke
Peterborough
Piermont
Pittsburg
Pittsfield
Plainfield
Plaistow
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Randolph
Raymond
Richmond
Rindge
Rochester
Rollingsford
Roxbury
Rumney
Rye
Salem
Salisbury
Sanborton
Sandown
Sandwich
Seabrook
Sharon
Shelburne
Somersworth
South Hampton
Springfield
Stark
Stewartstown
Stoddard
Strafford
Stratford
Stratham
Sugar Hill
Sullivan
Sunapee
Surry
Sutton
Swanzey
Tamworth
Temple
Thornton
Tilton
Troy
Tuftonboro
Unity
Wakefield
Walpole
Warner
Warren
Washington
Waterville Valley
Weare
Webster
Wentworth
Westmoreland
Whitefield
Wilmot
Wilton
Winchester
Windham
Windsor
Wolfeboro
Woodstock


(posting this partly tongue-in-cheek as a parody of the MA list and partly to remind people that there are still chiefs and politicians in NH that oppose "shall-issue")
 
Be careful what you mock MarkM, it could happen to you with the continuing northward migration of Ma**h***s.
 
The Police Chiefs in Enfield and Lebanon testified recently in favor of the proposed SB-44 that would change NH from shall-issue to may-issue.

So they still issue the licenses? We have chiefs here who will refuse to issue licenses and accept applications for FIDs which they do not have the authority to refuse.
 
Is that all the towns in NH? Don't you have any T12R8 unorganized townships over there????????
 
Is that all the towns in NH? Don't you have any T12R8 unorganized townships over there????????

That is all the locations recognised by the state of New Hampshire for the purposes of collecting property tax - so it should be a complete list.
 
So they still issue the licenses? We have chiefs here who will refuse to issue licenses and accept applications for FIDs which they do not have the authority to refuse.

The Chief of Lebanon tried to refuse a shall-issue license to a resident of his town. Said resident admitted to being a gang member which is why the chief wanted to deny him the license. It went to court and the chief lost.

While I respect the chief for the stand he took I have to ask: why didn't he spend the town's money that was spent on the lawsuit on observing the gang member and seeing if he was in fact a criminal - he commits a crime then you arrest him... or he doesn't commit a crime, in other words is a law abiding citizen, and then you issue him a license.

From listening to the testimony posted on youtube by massbackwards it unfortunately came across more like a liability issue with the chief not wanting to issue a license to someone who appeared to be a criminal in case he did something wrong and the chief got sued for issuing the license.

The chief also rubbed me the wrong way by emphasing hunting and therefore his understanding of gun ownership. With all due respect chief: the Second Amendment is not about hunting.

Edit to add: also article 2-a of the New Hampshire State Constitution: All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.
 
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Three years, four months and counting until I retire, depart the Worker's Paradise, and head north. Maybe sooner if the bull market continues for a while longer.
 
As a service* to all NES members, I thought it would be helpful to publish NH's "Approved Firearms Roster":

ALL OF THEM




*This has been a Public Service Announcement from Mr. Weebles.
 
Wait, what? Oh crap. I'm moving to Dunbarton... Am I going to have to bring a lawsuit against the town/CLEO? --Whoops, nevermind, see my PS...

PS: Note to self any anyone else doing searches... the search engine will highlight your search results red...
 
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haha, oh that was a dumb mistake... I did a search for 'Dunbarton' on the forum...and I saw this thread... I clicked through... and the search engine highlighted as Dunbarton red...
 
theres a gang in lebanon?
yes.

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Nobody mentioned the reason why N.H Police Chiefs are respectful of peoples rights, it's because they're ELECTED Officials. Piss off your voters and you're soon out of a job. Mass is just the opposite, CLEO's are APPOINTED and don't have to answer to the voters.
 
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