January 28, 2008
Dear NHFC Members and Second
Amendment Supporters,
It didn't take long for the new
Democrat anti-gun majority to flex its muscle at the State House.
Representative Kjellman (d) of
Henniker has introduced legislation that would ban firearms in the
State House and Legislative Office Building. These buildings are
owned by you, the taxpayer, but Rep. Kjellman wants to disarm you.
She does not trust law abiding people to carry firearms.
House Bill 1354 will not make people
safer. It will create a gun free victim rich zone. Concord will
become a preferred place for criminals. They will know that
anyone visiting the State House complex will be unarmed and vulnerable,
unable to protect themselves. When people are forced to leave
their self defense firearms in their vehicles, those vehicles and
firearms will be targeted for vandalism and theft by criminals trying
to arm themselves.
It has been proven, time and time
again, that when people are armed criminals suffer from a sudden and
acute failure of the victim selection process. Because ordinary
citizens were armed additional tragedy was averted and lives were saved
at the Trolley Square Mall in Utah, and the New Life Church in
Colorado. We only need to look at Columbine High School, Luby's
Cafeteria, and Virginia Tech to see what happens when law abiding
people are administratively disarmed: Disaster. Disarming citizens at
the State House is a formula for another tragedy.
We know HB 1354 is only the
beginning. If anti-gun zealots in Concord are able to pass HB
1354, they will be emboldened to ban firearms in other places... malls,
stores, movie theaters, restaurants, parks, and hotels are only some of
the places that will be in their sights. They will not stop.
It is imperative we stop them in
their tracks, NOW! With your help we can.
Here is what you can do to help:
1) Attend the public hearing and
express your opposition to HB 1354.
Feb. 5th, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
Room 104 of the Legislative Office
Bldg.
(Directly behind the State House)
2) Send the pre-written message below
to Rep. Kjellman at eleanor.kjellman@leg.state.nh.us and Rep. Michael Rollo, the chairman of
the Legislative Administration Committee.
mike.rollo@leg.state.nh.us
3) Become
an NHFC member so we can keep you informed.
PRE-WRITTEN MESSAGES:
Dear Rep. Kjellman:
Please reconsider your sponsorship of
HB1354. Banning guns will not make anyone visiting the State
House complex safer. Banning guns and other defensive weapons
will only serve to create victims and empower criminals. Law
abiding people have a civil right to defend themselves. Please tell the
Legislative Administration Committee that you have changed your mind
and that you would like them to vote HB1354 ITL.
Sincerely,
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Dear Chairman Rollo:
When HB1354, relative to security in
the State House and Legislative Office Building comes before the
Legislative Administration Committee please urge the committee to vote
the bill ITL. Banning guns and other defensive weapons will only
serve to create victims and empower criminals. Law abiding people
have a civil right to defend themselves. I would appreciate
it if you would make this postcard part of the official record of the
hearing on HB1354. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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