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Breaking News on Constitutional Carry

by President on May 16, 2012

Yesterday I told you our last chance to pass Constitutional Carry was for the Senate to take it off the table either today or tomorrow.

I was pleasantly surprised today to learn several Representatives in the House are trying to tack Constitutional Carry onto a Senate Bill currently in the House.

Unfortunately, confusion in the House and quite a few absent members made their attempt come up a few votes short.

The good news is they may try again tomorrow.

That is where you come in.

I need you to call your Representatives today.

With the Senate appearing more and more likely to leave Constitutional Carry on the table to die, this attempt in the House gives us one more chance to get Constitutional Carry passed this year.

That is why I need you to let your Representatives know you want them to support adding the language of HB 536, Constitutional Carry, as it was passed by the House back in January, to a Senate Bill.  Tell them you want them to force to Senate to pass Constitutional Carry now, and not make law abiding gun owners wait till next session.

Today’s attempt was to attach Constitutional Carry, as passed by the House in January, to SB 308 and it came up a few votes short.  The same Representatives may try to use the same bill again tomorrow, or they may choose an entirely different bill.

Make sure your Representative knows you want them to support adding Constitutional Carry to whatever bill it is being added to.

There is not much time left in the Session.  If this attempt in the House fails, and the Senate doesn’t take HB 536 off the table tomorrow, Constitutional Carry will be dead for the year.

That is why I need you to act now!

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

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Last Chance for Constitutional Carry

by President on May 15, 2012

The deadline is Thursday.

If we want to pass Constitutional Carry this year, it has to be taken off the table in the Senate in the next two days.

A few hours ago I told you how the Senate was planning on taking the Incumbent Protection Act of the table and passing a Lite version.

Unfortunately, my sources are telling me nothing has changed with regard to Constitutional Carry, and they are planning on leaving that on the table to die.

If you want to end the unconstitutional requirement to beg for government permission before you can exercise your right to bear arms, now is the time to act.

Several Senators have been complaining about the heat they are feeling. Those Senators are trying to claim they are still pro-gun despite voting to table this important bill.

That tells me your phone calls have made a difference.  They know you are going to remember their anti-gun votes.

Unfortunately, while they are worried, they are not worried enough.  That is why, if you haven’t already, I need you to call your Senator today.

Even if you already have called your Senator, make sure your Senator knows you will not tolerate them killing Constitutional Carry by leaving it on the table.  Let them know you expect their vote to remove HB 536, Constitutional Carry, from the table and pass it as passed by the House.

This is it, If we don’t get the Senate to move in the next two days, we are going to have to wait till next session to have another chance to pass Constitutional Carry.

That is why I need you to call your Senator today.

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President, NHFC

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Defeat the Incumbent Protection Act Lite

May 15, 2012

The fight isn’t over yet. Last week I told you about the Incumbent Protection Act, an amendment that was trying to silence  gun owners like you and me. Thankfully, the Senate killed that amendment and tabled the bill. Unfortunately, however, sources are telling me that they tabled the bill in order to come up with [...]

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Gun Grabbers are trying to silence us!

May 7, 2012

The Gun-Grabbers are trying to silence you and me. You see, at the very end of the session, the Senate Public and Municipal Affairs Committee snuck through an amendment designed to muzzle the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition. In the guise of campaign finance reform, the Senate Committee has added an amendment to an otherwise innocuous [...]

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Betrayed!

May 3, 2012

You and I were betrayed! Yesterday, when the Senate voted on Constitutional Carry, seven Senators, who pledged during the last election to support Constitutional Carry, voted to lay HB 536, Constitutional Carry, on the table, nearly killing it. What’s more, an eighth senator, Sharon Carson, who refused to answer the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition’s candidate [...]

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Constitutional Carry Going to the Full Senate

May 1, 2012

I have some good news and some bad news. The good news? Last Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend passage of Constitutional Carry (HB 536). Your phone calls have made a huge difference, instead of outright killing the bill, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to amend the bill. And that amendment is the [...]

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Constitutional Carry Vote Delayed! One More Chance to Call!

April 25, 2012

The Senate Judiciary Committee gave us a short reprieve. Despite having scheduled a vote on Constitutional Carry (HB 536) for today, that vote didn’t happen. So if you didn’t get a chance to call committee members yet, you have another chance. The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote as soon as tomorrow, so if you haven’t [...]

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Republicans Attacking Constitutional Carry

April 24, 2012

It’s come down to this. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Constitutional Carry (HB 536) on this Wednesday, April 25th! I wish this meant the Senate intended to pass the bill. Unfortunately, my sources are telling me the Senate is already planning to kill this bill without a recorded vote. You read [...]

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Senators Sold You Out

January 27, 2012

I have some disappointing news to report. After the hearing on our bill to strengthen Preemption (HB 334), the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend our bill be sent to “interim study”.  You and I both know that “study” is a polite way of killing the bill. I told you Tuesday that I was afraid [...]

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Hearings on Constitutional Carry and Preemption this Thursday.

January 24, 2012

I told you yesterday I would give you more information today about the upcoming hearing on Constitutional Carry (HB 536) and Preemption (HB 334). Two weeks ago, the House passed both these bills. The hearings in the Senate, scheduled for this Thursday at 1:00 and 2:00, haven’t even been held yet, and already I am [...]

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