OK...I know the gun laws their are crazy, but Dude!!!
Sorry, but england is a shithole with regards to citizen's
rights to do just about anything.
Or to get more elemental, how they treat the right of self
defense? Under british law not even knife carry is legal, some guys
are getting by with carrying "crossover" items for self defense (eg, by
carrying some kind of knife/object that would fit under the limitations).
Might be a nice place to visit, but the way the government treats its
citizens there, and the pathological dysfunction of the masses WRT
self defense, it's not someplace I would want to hang around very
long. We're talking about a country where they think its a good idea
to jump up and down and make noise if you see a rape in progress,
instead of smashing the rapist over the head with a blunt object or
other means of force.
You do that in GB and they'll
take both of you away and give the rapist a lighter sentence.. at least
here the system probably will exonerate you.
I do have one question I hope someone can answer. In NH you can open carry without a license. Why then do you need a license for concealed carry, or carrying a loaded handgun in a car? The fact is in either case you have a loaded gun on your person. It's something I've never understood. Anyone got any ideas why?
Years ago there was this connotation of sorts that individuals carrying
concealed weapons were "more nefarious by default" so to speak... so I'd
bet the permit was invented to allay that particular concern. It was
probably based off the same ball of hyperbole that caused automatic
knives to get banned in most of the US. Someone might be able
to answer the question a bit better... as I don't know the history
behind NH''s CCW. I know that they've had it a long time, and they're
definitely "old school ccw" state as opposed to one of the newer ones,
like FL, TX, etc.
The irony is I think a year or two ago there was noises about NH even
getting rid of its permit system, not entirely but making it not required
for anyone legally able to own a handgun. I think it got tanked or
didn't quite make it. Stand your ground almost made it, but I think
the new governor (lynch) vetoed it or something.
-Mike