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Key committee votes to end permit-to-carry requirement
On Oct. 20, 2011, the New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 12-5 to recommend passage of House Bill 536, which allows anyone but convicted felons and the mentally disabled to carry pistols openly or concealed, loaded or unloaded, without a permit.
In a Union Leader report, gun rights advocates hailed the vote as an important protection of the individual's constitutional right to bear arms. Law enforcement officials, on the other hand, worried the bill, if it were to become law, would end up putting too many guns in the hands of people who shouldn't carry guns.
The committee also passed a bill that makes it more difficult for towns to pass ordinances regarding gun use and possession. HB 334 bars gun bans on any public property, whether it is owned by local or state government, unless the specifically ban is authorized in state law. The bill passed on an 11-6 vote.
In a Union Leader report, gun rights advocates hailed the vote as an important protection of the individual's constitutional right to bear arms. Law enforcement officials, on the other hand, worried the bill, if it were to become law, would end up putting too many guns in the hands of people who shouldn't carry guns.
The committee also passed a bill that makes it more difficult for towns to pass ordinances regarding gun use and possession. HB 334 bars gun bans on any public property, whether it is owned by local or state government, unless the specifically ban is authorized in state law. The bill passed on an 11-6 vote.
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