Alert - Range Protection, HB1309

WILL YOUR LOCAL SHOOTING RANGE BE SHUT DOWN NEXT????

Coming soon to your shooting range:

• Lawsuits	• Complaints	• Demands that shooting hours be curtailed
• New restrictive zoning	• Argumentative neighbors

These things have happened to shooting ranges across New Hampshire, because some people who do not appreciate our
heritage of lawful firearms ownership and use have moved into our state. These transplants may or may not have known
about a near-by shooting range when they moved into the area or perhaps did not understand that ranges get daily use.
Their failure to ask questions before buying a new home is not the fault of the local shooting range. Many ranges have
been operating lawfully for decades. Sadly, when many of these newcomers find the range is active they seek to close it
down. Our state’s population has grown, particularly in the southern part of the state. There are new attacks on shooting
ranges that could not have been predicted in 1987 when the current range protection law was enacted. Thus, we need a
new and strengthened range protection law.

State Rep. Pierre Bruno (R-New Boston) has introduced HB-1309. This important piece of legislation will protect lawfully operating shooting ranges from persecution by anti-gun neighbors. Rep. Bruno needs YOUR help to get this legislation enacted. HB-1309 was heard by the House Judiciary Committee on January 14, 2004, but members of that committee have not yet voted and they still need to hear from you NOW, the committee can vote at any time! See below!

How you can help!

1) Call and/or e-mail the House Judiciary Committee members and ask them to recommend that HB-1309 pass. Click here for contact information.
2) Contact YOUR state representatives and urge them to vote FOR HB-1309 when it reaches the entire house for a vote. To find out who your representatives are, call your town or city hall or go to http://gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/whosmyleg/
3) Join to help us with our important legislative work and to help us keep you informed. Click here for membership information.

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