NH ACTION ALERT: HB1589 ***DEFEATED***

I am writing today to ask that you please vote "no" on HB1589. This bill will do NOTHING to stem gun violence (which N.H. does not have a problem with by any means). Criminals, by their very nature, do not obey laws. HB1589 will only negatively affect the productive, law-abiding N.H. residents. I was my hope to become one of the productive, law-abiding and most importantly, tax-paying N.H. residents in the next couple years. If the N.H. legislature wishes to head in the direction of piling up laws that only affect honest citizens it will certainly turn my attention and money in a different direction. Thank you for your time and please remember what makes N.H. such a great state.
Your concerned neighbor,
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just sent the above to the list. good luck guys. i really don't want to move south of the mason-dixon line to find a free state, please fight the good fight with everything you got.....

update:
will infantine replied with a promise to vote no
tim horrigan replied with "undecided" but an alert about SB203 .......any info about what the sneaky provision in the senate bill is?
renny cushing replied with a story about how a family member was killed with a gun........guess which way that vote is going...
 
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one response:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I am still undecided on HB 1589. I will not make my final decision till I see what amendments, if any, are made by the House Criminal Justice Committee.

I would like to alert you to an anti-gun bill, SB 203, which is being considered in the Senate. That bill contains a sneaky provision which would ban many law-abiding citizens from exercising their second amendment right to buy firearms for self-protection, sport or hunting.
Please urge your Senator to vote against SB 203.


Thanks,

Rep. Timothy Horrigan
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Sounds like a wishy washy stance to me.
 
Hello Representatives,

My name is ------------ and I am a resident of Concord, New Hampshire. I'm writing you urging you to oppose the passage of HB1589 "AN ACT requiring background checks for all firearm sales". It's a solution for a problem that is already adequately covered by existing state law in RSA 159.


RSA 159:7 prohibits the private sale to anyone convicted of a felony. Doing so constitutes a class B felony in the state of New Hampshire.


RSA 159:14 requires that a private seller only sell to someone personally known to them or to a licensed individual as defined in RSA 159.


Thank you for your consideration.
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I have received one response from Rep Timothy Horrigan, stating he is still undecided how to vote on this bill.
 
Got the same response from Rep. Horrigan.

Upon looking at SB203, it is a bill restricting the use of EBT? Am I missing something? Seems like SB203 is good to go -- I don't think preventing people from using EBT to buy alcohol/tobacco/guns/porn and requiring them to keep receipts for what they spend their cash withdrawals on is bad -- it's taxpayer money given to them.
 
thormx538 said:
Got the same response from Rep. Horrigan.

Upon looking at SB203, it is a bill restricting the use of EBT? Am I missing something? Seems like SB203 is good to go -- I don't think preventing people from using EBT to buy alcohol/tobacco/guns/porn and requiring them to keep receipts for what they spend their cash withdrawals on is bad -- it's taxpayer money given to them.
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I think this sums it up. His undecided means he doesn't have the balls to tell us he's voting for it.

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thormx538 said:
Got the same response from Rep. Horrigan.

Upon looking at SB203, it is a bill restricting the use of EBT? Am I missing something? Seems like SB203 is good to go -- I don't think preventing people from using EBT to buy alcohol/tobacco/guns/porn and requiring them to keep receipts for what they spend their cash withdrawals on is bad -- it's taxpayer money given to them.
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I'm not convinced that people on benefits don't have a right to protect their families. Nor do I think that their every purchase needs to be scrutinized as that bill would require. There are already caps on these benefits; if you want to talk about adjusting or lowering the caps, that's all well and fine. But making people document every last dime they spend is needlessly demeaning.
 
If I remember Itse is generally a good guy, but regardless of that, not too happy with his response to you. I agree with Xtry on this one.

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And doesn't this need to go to Criminal justice committee first before going to the house floor or did I miss something?
 
...will then be reviewed by the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee...

Kaldone said:
And doesn't this need to go to Criminal justice committee first before going to the house floor or did I miss something?
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Per the Union Leader:
UL said:
The bill faces a difficult road, even in the Democratic-controlled House. If the House gives the bill initial approval, it will then be reviewed by the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, which will then send it back to the House with a recommendation. If the House gives it final approval, the bill will then move to the Senate, where Republicans hold a 13-11 majority.

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Ralph Demicco, owner of Riley's Gun Shop in Hooksett, said, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," questioning how effectively such a law would be enforced.

Former state Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball called it an "outrageous bill that will "turn thousands of New Hampshire law-abiding citizens into felons.

"I don't intend to abide by this bill," he said. "I'm sick and tired of having to come here to these hallowed halls to continue to defend the God-given rights we all have."

To applause from fellow opponents, he called on the bill's sponsors to "step down today" from their elective offices. "You don't belong here."

House Republican Leader Gene Chandler R-Bartlett, said in a statement the bill "attempts to solve a non-existent problem.

"We all want to keep guns out of the hands of those with criminal intent or those who may be mentally unfit, but this bill is an excessive overreach," Chandler said. "Criminals will always find ways to circumvent this law as they do other laws."

But chief sponsor Rep. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn, D-Hampton Falls, insisted the policy is not a "political issue," but instead "an issue of common sense and an issue of public health and the safety of our communities."
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But chief sponsor Rep. Elaine Andrews-Ahearn, D-Hampton Falls, insisted the policy is not a "political issue," but instead "an issue of common sense and an issue of public health and the safety of our communities."
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**** her. [angry]
 
design said:
Here is the email address for every house member in one shot.
To contact all 400 state reps at one time, send your email to this email address:

[email protected]

Fill up the email boxes.
-design
PM me if you have other ideas on how to fight this. We need to kill this and I am willing to do whatever it takes.
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Hate mail sent.

I am going to contact my reps directly after dinner.

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mikem317 said:
So when's the next Seacoast Open Carry your AR-15 session? Time to make a few stops in Exeter and Hampton Falls?
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In.
 

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