On Thursday, March 15, 2007 over
500 law abiding firearms owners traveled to Concord to attend a public
Hearing on
SB44. As we previously reported, see: http://www.nhfc-ontarget.org/2007Alerts/ALERTSB44.html
SB44
would have changed our "best in the nation" concealed carry license to
a "worst in the nation" Massachusetts style license.
We are happy to report that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted the
bill "Inexpedient to Legislate"
with a 5 - 0 vote. We attribute this vote to your strong
showing today! Many articulate people spoke out
against SB44. Their comments were all sharp and to the
point.
The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition,
Inc. was represented by Treasurer, Alan Rice, click here to
see the video.
Note this is a
large file that will take a few minutes to load.
All of you did a great job contacting
members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but we are not out of the
woods
yet. The bill now goes to the full Senate where it could be voted
"Ought to Pass" in spite of the
committee vote of "Inexpedient to Legislate". Anti gun Senators
could even open it for anti gun floor amendments. The bill could come
before the full Senate at any time. Here is how to make sure
these anti gun scenarios don't happen.
1) Contact your Senators by email and
urge them to vote SB44 "Inexpedient to Legislate" when it reaches the
full Senate. Make it clear that the bill cannot be "fixed".
Tell Senators that you like the
current law the way it is. Explain that there NO ACCEPTABLE votes
other than "Inexpedient to
Legislate". You can use
the pre-written message below.
Find out who your Senator is
here:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/whosmyleg/default.asp
Find contact information for all
Senators here:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/senatemembers.asp
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS BE POLITE
AND RESPECTFUL WHEN CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATORS.
PRE - WRITTEN MESSAGE:
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Dear Senator,
On March 15 the Senate Judiciary
Committee voted SB44 "Inexpedient to Legislate" by a 5 - 0
majority. Please
vote SB44 "Inexpedient to Legislate" when it reaches the full
Senate. This bill is a solution in
search of a problem. SB44 will make it easy for selectmen
or law enforcement to deny a person
their right to carry a firearm based on subjective not objective
criteria. Our current concealed
carry law works very well. Please leave it alone by voting SB44
"Inexpedient to Legislate".
SB44 cannot be "fixed" and I ask you
to vote NO on any floor amendments that may be offered.
Please tell me how you intend to vote
so I can advise the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition, Inc.
Very truly yours,
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2) Contact members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee and thank them for their vote today to uphold the
Second Amendment rights of law abiding New Hampshire firearms owners.
A mailing list of the Judiciary
Committee can be found here:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/billstatus/commmail.asp?commcode=S10
PRE - WRITTEN MESSAGE:
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Dear Senator,
Thank you for voting SB44
"Inexpedient to Legislate" when it was before the Judiciary Committee.
I appreciate your vote to uphold the
Second Amendment rights of law abiding New Hampshire firearms owners.
Very truly yours,
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Thanks for your continued
support.
NHFC, Inc.
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