The NH Department of Safety has changed the Application form. They have added three new questions to the resident form. So far as of this post, the non-resident form is unaffected (revision date 08/13). However I expect that form to be updated as well.
The issue is that these changes were made at the whim of the Commissioner (Read: Hassan said do something). No changes in statute occurred this session that would require changes to the form. Police departments are starting to swap their forms over to this one.
Link to the new resident form: http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/permitslicensing/documents/dssp85.pdf
Link to the Non-resident form: http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/permitslicensing/documents/dssp260.pdf
Three new questions were added to the form:
"Has ANY state or federal agency or licensing authority ever CLAIMED that you are prohibited by law or regulation from possessing a firearm? "
"Are you prohibited by federal law or regulation from possessing a firearm?"
"Have you held a resident pistol/revolver license before?"
As you can see, there is a big problem with the first new question. The word "claimed."
So if any government agency claims you are prohibited, even if you are not convicted, does that mean you have to answer yes? How would a person know if an agency ever made that claim?
Also, here are links to the old applications that do not have these questions:
March 2011 Resident Application:
View attachment pistol_and_revolver_license_-_live_fill.pdf
August 2013 Non-Resident Application:
View attachment dssp260.pdf
The issue is that these changes were made at the whim of the Commissioner (Read: Hassan said do something). No changes in statute occurred this session that would require changes to the form. Police departments are starting to swap their forms over to this one.
Link to the new resident form: http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/permitslicensing/documents/dssp85.pdf
Link to the Non-resident form: http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/permitslicensing/documents/dssp260.pdf
Three new questions were added to the form:
"Has ANY state or federal agency or licensing authority ever CLAIMED that you are prohibited by law or regulation from possessing a firearm? "
"Are you prohibited by federal law or regulation from possessing a firearm?"
"Have you held a resident pistol/revolver license before?"
As you can see, there is a big problem with the first new question. The word "claimed."
So if any government agency claims you are prohibited, even if you are not convicted, does that mean you have to answer yes? How would a person know if an agency ever made that claim?
Also, here are links to the old applications that do not have these questions:
March 2011 Resident Application:
View attachment pistol_and_revolver_license_-_live_fill.pdf
August 2013 Non-Resident Application:
View attachment dssp260.pdf
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