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

P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.

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

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 some sort of so called “compromise”, one that will inevitably make it more difficult for you and I to be involved in the legislative process.

Get ready for the Incumbent Protection Act Lite.

While the requirement to report spending on information critical of legislators is unlikely to be included in the new amendment, my sources are telling me that another bad provision in the committee amendment that was killed last week will be included in the new so called compromise amendment.

That provision requires grassroots organizations like NHFC, that don’t endorse candidates, to report anytime we mention a candidates name within a certain number of days before an election, even when we are not  advocating for or against a specific candidate.

Some people have called this a sunshine provision, something designed to shed light on government dealings.

The facts say something different entirely.

Making it more difficult to hold politicians accountable for their record is about keeping the spotlight off of government dealings, not bringing more accountability into government.

You see, while NHFC doesn’t have a position on the rest of the bill, it is hard to believe the Senate is only concerned with shedding light on government actions, when the rest of the bill deals with raising the limits on campaign contributions directly to candidates.

Requiring grassroots organizations, like NHFC, to disclose how much they spend reporting candidates’ voting records, while simultaneously dramatically increasing the amount candidates can get from Big Corporations and Political Action Committees is designed to make a “pay to play” system where only those who gave large campaign contributions during the election cycle get their issues recognized or dealt with.

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

Tell them you won’t accept any restrictions on the ability of grassroots gun organizations, like NHFC, to communicate a politician’s record to you.

Setting up a “pay to play” system where the only way you can influence the political system is to give large campaign contributions directly to candidates is only designed to keep the grassroots gun owner out of politics.

Your calls made the difference in defeating the Incumbent Protection Act, now I need your help again to defeat the Lite version.

Please call your Senator today, let them know that silencing the grassroots gun-owner in order to protect the political careers of gun grabbers in unacceptable.

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President, NHFC

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 bill would require grassroots organizations like the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition to report every penny we spend on distributing “information critical of” legislators.

This amendment should be titled the Incumbent Protection Act (IPA).

The amendment is designed to specifically make it hard for grassroots organizations to report on how the NH Senators and Representatives vote in committee and on the floor.

You see, the financial threshold is low enough that virtually any mailing of ours would be above it and would force immediate disclosure.  This is how the anti-gun groups want to shut us down.

Sources in Concord are telling me the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is one of the primary targets of this proposal.

I don’t need to tell you that NHFC has been on the forefront of the fight to hold legislators accountable for their anti-gun votes.

With the Senate killing almost every single pro-gun bill that has come before it so far this year, many Senators have begun to feel the pain from your repeated phone calls, postcards, petitions, and emails.

They know these draconian reporting requirements will make it much more difficult for NHFC to continue to inform you when legislators assault your rights.

You see, in the heat of a legislative session, NHFC often has barely enough time to get you information critical to holding gun-grabbing politicians accountable before the time for action has passed.

If NHFC has to stop to record exactly how much we spend being critical of legislators, by and large the majority of our expenditures, the Senate knows there will be times we cannot act fast enough to stop their anti-gun schemes.

It will not be enough to sort it out after the fact, because the sneak amendment requires a report within 24 hours of crossing an arbitrary $500 threshold.

What is more, the amendment says we have to report within 24 hours of when the money is spent, but it leaves unclear whether that means the day we send the email or letter, the day the invoice comes in, or the day we write the check to pay the bill.

We are already required, as a 501(c)4, to report our receipts and expenditures to the IRS.

The only purpose of this amendment is to make it harder for grassroots organizations to stay involved in the political fight.

Even worse, if NHFC is forced to disclose exactly how much we spend exposing each legislator’s record, legislators are going to be more inclined to disregard your phone calls, email, letters, and postcards when they think NHFC hasn’t spent enough to warrant their attention.

You have proven to the Legislature over the past few years that gun-owners are not going take assaults on your gun-rights lying down so they are now trying to yank the rug out from under our First Amendment Rights, to make it much more difficult to defend our Second Amendment Rights.

You know I try to keep the focus on guns when I contact you, but this amendment is a serious threat to our ability to fight for your rights.

It has been said that the right to keep and bear arms is the right that guards the rest, and that is true.

But for firearms owners around the country, the ability to publicly criticize gun-grabbing politicians for undermining your rights is key to stopping their schemes.

You may wonder what senator would be so bold as to attempt such a blatant restriction on the right to freely criticize those in authority, the principle at the very heart of the First Amendment.

The answer is none other than Senator Sharon Carson.

She is the Senator who led the charge to get this amendment added to an otherwise harmless bill, and she has also been one of the ringleaders in throwing gun owners like you and me under the bus this legislative season.

Senator Carson has been called to the carpet several times this year, by NHFC and several other organizations as well, for her repeated opposition to bills that would protect your right to bear arms, from preemption to Constitutional Carry, and now she is trying to strike back.

If she succeeds in her attempt to muzzle the grassroots gun owner, it will be a massive blow to gun rights throughout the state.

That is why I need you to call Senator Sharon Carson today, at Home 434-2489, Cell 661-4555, or her State House Office 271-1403, tell her that her blatant disregard for the right to free speech is unacceptable.  Let her know you will not stand by idly while she attempts to silence those who would stand against her gun-grabbing ways.

Then I need you to call your Senator (you can find who is your Senator here).   Let them know that you will not stand by while your voice in support of Gun Rights in Concord is muzzled.  Let them know that the onerous reporting requirements contained in the committee amendment to HB 1704 must be removed.

Without a single Senator who has stood firm all session for gun rights, you can be sure they all would love to see NHFC hampered in our ability to criticize their anti-gun votes.

Unless we come together right now, and make sure they know you will not accept any attack on grassroots organizations’ ability to criticize legislators for their anti-gun votes, you and I are going to face an uphill battle next year when they come to take your gun rights.

You can be sure the gun-grabbers are already planning to roll back our “Stand Your Ground Law”, we need to prepare now, by stopping this assault on NHFC’s ability to hold politicians accountable for their anti-gun votes.

That is why I need you to call Senator Carson at 271-1403 and your Senator, today.

Demand that they kill this unconstitutional restriction on free speech for the grassroots gun group.

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.

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 survey in 2010, but who is an advisor to a so-called “pro-gun” organization, also voted to table Constitutional Carry, after having voted for it in Committee.

On top of that, she also supported the Judiciary Committee Amendment that seriously undermined the bill.

Unfortunately, those eight were joined by the nine other Senators who refused to pledge their support for Constitutional Carry, and now Constitutional Carry is in grave jeopardy.

You see, Senate President Peter Bragdon has publicly said he expects HB 536 will stay on the table indefinitely, effectively killing it.

Our last hope to get Constitutional Carry passed this session is to get HB 536 removed from the table within the next two weeks.

That is why I need you to call Senator Sharon Carson, at Home 434-2489, Cell 661-4555, or her State House Office 271-1403, today, tell her that as a leader of a supposedly “pro-gun” organization she should know better than to punish gun owners for the criminal acts of others.  Tell her that her opposition to Constitutional Carry is an affront to all gun owners in this state.

Then if you have time, I need you to call those seven Senators who pledged their support for Constitutional Carry, and then betrayed firearms owners, punishing us for the deeds of a lawless few.

Remind them that you will not forget their betrayal.

• Sen. Jeanie Forrester, Home: 279-1459, State House Office: 271-4151
• Majority Leader, Sen. Jeb Bradley,  State House Office: 271-2106 (also an advisor to the same “pro-gun” organization as Senator Carson)
• Sen. Jim Forsythe, Home: 822-2588, State House Office: 271-2096
• Sen. Jim Luther, Home: 465-3471, State House Office: 271-4151
• Sen. David Boutin, Cell: 203-5391, State House Office: 271-3092
• Sen. John “Jack” Barnes, Jr., Home: 895-9352, State House Office: 271-4063
• Sen. Tom De Blois, Office: 493-2281, State House Office: 271-4151

I am not going to sugar coat things, our chances of successfully getting the Senate to take HB 536 off the table, to allow its passage, are slim.

But even if we fail in moving the Senate to action now, these Senators need to know we will not take their betrayal laying down.

All the news is not bad, however.

Your phone calls have made a difference.  While Senator Bragdon did vote against gun owners when he supported the committee amendment, he knew he could not afford to also vote to kill the bill, as many insiders expected he would.

I wish that meant I could count on him to vote to take the bill back off the table within the next few weeks.  Unfortunately, with his public comment that he expects this bill is not coming off the table, my sources are telling me that that is unlikely unless we keep the pressure on him.

I know I am asking a lot, but I need you to call Senator Bragdon’s office (271-2111) as well.  He needs to know that while we recognize his vote against the tabling motion, we expect him to stand with gun-owners in removing this bill from the table, stripping off the Senate Amendment, and passing it on to the Governor’s desk as soon as possible.

I wish I could say that the seven Senators who voted against the motion to table were completely on our side.

Unfortunately, that is not the case, even the seven Senators who voted against tabling Constitutional Carry, voted in favor of the committee amendment that weakened the bill.

As I expected, anti-gun Senators, in arguing to kill this bill, implied you and I are to blame for the recent tragedies that have occurred in this state.

One Senator, in justifying his anti-gun vote, went so far as to say your voices, and votes, don’t matter to him.

You and I both know that eliminating the requirement to obtain government permission in order to exercise your right to bear arms will not make tragedies like we have seen recently any more common.

There are still two weeks left before Senate Rules prevent the Senate from taking this bill off the table.

We need to let these Senators know that we will not give up until Constitutional Carry is law here in NH.

That is why I need you to call Senator Carson, and the other Senators that betrayed gun owners, and tell them you want them to take Constitutional Carry off the table and pass it as passed by the House.

Contrary to the spin by the gun-grabbers, the bill as passed by the House would not allow anyone who currently cannot possess a firearm to carry one concealed.  Anyone who is prohibited by statute from possessing a firearm would have been prohibited from carrying under the House version.

The Senate Amendment only serves to restrict the ability of law abiding citizens to carry a firearm, and subjects them to potential harassment for carrying.

That is why it is critical we let these Senators know we want Constitutional Carry passes as passed by the House.  This bill does not need to go to a committee of conference, it should be passed, as passed by the House, on to the Governor’s desk immediately.

Remind the Senators that New Hampshire Firearms owners will not forget their betrayals.

We have a hard fight ahead of us, but you and I need to stick with it.

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.

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 bad news!

The amendment added by the committee weakens the bill even more than the House Amendment did.

While the Committee amendment, in theory at least, leaves in place the central premise of concealed carry without a license, by mirroring ambiguous federal law the committee amendment, unfortunately provides the potential for some NH firearms owners to be harassed for carrying.

If a cop stops you while you are carrying, under the Judiciary Committee’s amendment, you could be forced to prove that you are not prohibited under one of a laundry list of prohibitions the committee added to the bill.

Despite a majority of Senators pledging, during the last election, to support Constitutional Carry, they are now set on giving firearms owners as little as they can.

There is no reason for the committee’s amendment other than an attempt to provide the gun-grabbers one more chance to kill the bill.

You see, if this amendment is adopted by the full Senate, this bill will have to go back to the House another time before it is sent to the Governor.

And, if that wasn’t bad enough, supposedly “pro-gun” legislators are already planning on giving the gun-grabbers even more opportunities to gut or kill this bill.

You see, I learned during the Judiciary Committee’s discussion before they voted on Constitutional Carry that they were expecting Senator Bragdon to send this bill on to a second committee.

The only reason for sending Constitutional Carry to the Senate Finance Committee was made perfectly clear by several Senators on the Judiciary Committee as they openly plotted to add further amendments in the Finance Committee to gut this bill.

Supposedly “pro-gun” Senators seem hell-bent on giving the gun-grabbers, not one, but TWO more chances to gut or kills this bill.

That’s why I need your help again.

• Call Senator Bragdon at (603) 271-2111. Demand that he quit playing games with Constitutional Carry.  Tell him to pass the bill NOW with no amendments.

• Then when you are done, call the Senate Finance Committee chair Chuck Morse at (603) 271-4980. Tell him that sending the bill to his committee is nothing but an excuse to chop it up more. Let him know you expect this bill to be passed NOW.

Demand that they pass the bill NOW without any amendments, especially the Judiciary Committee’s amendment, to weaken it.

There are simply no more excuses for not putting Constitutional Carry on the governor’s desk right now.

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.

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 already, I need you to call as soon as possible.

• Matthew Houde (603) 271-2118 – The committee Chairman
• Sharon Carson (603) 271-1403- The committee Vice Chair
• Fenton Groen (603) 271-2609 – Pledged to support it
• Jim Luther (603) 271-4151 – Pledged to support it
• James Forsythe (603) 271-3067 – Pledged to support it

Tell them under no circumstances will you tolerate politicians breaking their promises or treating gun owners like criminals.

Tell them to PASS Constitutional Carry in Committee and on the floor without amendments immediately!

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President, NHFC

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 that right.

Despite the fact that a majority of the Senate has pledged to support Constitutional Carry — Republican Senator Peter Bragdon is still leading the fight to make sure this bill doesn’t pass.

What’s worse, in a sickening display of politics at its worst, anti-gun Senators are trying to use the recent heart-wrenching tragedies as cover for their anti-gun votes.

Criminals don’t seek to get a concealed carry license in the first place.

While I hope to never again see a tragedy like the one that happened only a few weeks ago, you and I both know that eliminating the requirement to obtain a license before carrying concealed is not going to increase the likelihood of these types of incidents in the future.

Our neighboring state to the west has not had a requirement to obtain a license for a hundred years, without any increase in these horrors.

To punish law abiding gun owners like you and I for these, by continuing to require us to obtain a permission slip before we can exercise our right to bear arms, is unacceptable.

There is absolutely NO excuse for politicizing such a tragedy the way flaming anti-gun liberals such as Mayor Michael Bloomberg do on a regular basis.

This is just the latest in a long list of actions by supposedly “pro-gun” New Hampshire politicians treating gun owners like criminals.

Just a few months ago, these same RINO Senators voted to kill HB-194, which would have repealed the ban on loaded weapons in vehicles, and HB-334, which would have strengthened firearm preemption laws.

Despite A STRONG, PRO-GUN MAJORITY of the State Senate publicly committing to support the bill, they are prepared to put the last nail in the coffin of your gun rights.

Unless you and I crank up the pressure right now, the anti-gunners in the Senate are going to make you and I the scapegoats for the horrendous acts of criminals, and kill Constitutional Carry.

Not only are they planning on killing the bill, but my sources are telling me that, before the bill has even been voted on in committee, they are planning on killing the bill on the Senate Floor, WITHOUT A RECORDED VOTE!

On top of conspiring with anti-gunners to kill one of the most important firearms rights bills in year, Senator Bragdon is attempting to give them political cover by preventing a recorded vote.

Call Senator Bragdon at 603-271-2111. Demand that he quit conspiring against gun owners to kill Constitutional Carry.

Then when you are done, call the Senate Judiciary Committee members:

•     Matthew Houde (603) 271-2118 – The committee Chairman
•     Sharon Carson (603) 271-1403- The committee Vice Chair
•     Fenton Groen (603) 271-2609 – Pledged to support it
•     Jim Luther (603) 271-4151 – Pledged to support it
•     James Forsythe (603) 271-3067 – Pledged to support it

Tell them under no circumstances will you tolerate politicians breaking their promises or treating gun owners like criminals.

Tell them to PASS Constitutional Carry in Committee and on the floor without amendments immediately!

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.

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 some of the Senators were wavering on supporting preemption.

Unfortunately my fears proved correct.  Despite making a written promise to you in their New Hampshire Firearms Coalition candidate survey to support strengthening NH’s Preemption Law, Senators Jim Luther and Fenton Groen sided with the bureaucrats to vote to kill this important bill.

They voted to continue to let un-elected bureaucrats across the Granite State to disarm you at a whim.

What is more, I have received word they are going to sell you out again when it comes time to vote on Constitutional Carry.  My sources are telling me they plan to significantly gut Constitutional Carry, (HB 536).

Call or email Senators Fenton Groen (603) 817-9352 / fenton.groen@leg.state.nh.us and Jim Luther (603) 465-3471 / jim.luther@leg.state.nh.us, let them know how disappointed you are that they broke their promise to you so they could side with anti-gun bureaucrats.

When they were seeking your vote, they promised they would support your right to bear arms, and prevent gun-grabbing bureaucrats from disarming you.

But, when push came to shove they deserted us.

On top of that, despite promising to repeal the ban on having a loaded long-gun in your vehicle, they caved under pressure from Law-enforcement and voted to kill a bill that would have done just that.

After they have broken their promises on both these bills, I know I cannot count on them to do the right thing and support Constitutional Carry without amendment.

While the vote on preemption still must be approved by the full Senate, I am concerned that unless we put the pressure on Senators Groen and Luther right away, Constitutional Carry will suffer a similar fate.

Please call or email Senators Fenton Groen (603) 817-9352 / fenton.groen@leg.state.nh.us and Jim Luther (603) 465-3471 / jim.luther@leg.state.nh.us, tell them how disappointed you are to learn that their word means nothing.  Tell them you expect them to do the right thing when they vote on Constitutional Carry.

If you and I allow this betrayal to go unchallenged, our chance at passing Constitutional Carry will go right out the window.

The Senate Committee could vote at any time, and that is why I need you to act right now.

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

P.S. Senators Fenton Groen and Jim Luther need to know that their betrayal of firearms owners so that they could appease gun-grabbing bureaucrats and law enforcement has not gone unnoticed.

Call or email Senators Groen (603)  / fenton.groen@leg.state.nh.us and Luther (603) 465-3471 / jim.luther@leg.state.nh.us and let them know that you are upset at their betrayal and that they need to do the right thing and pass Constitutional Carry without amendment.

P.P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.

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 hearing reports that the Senate is working hard to kill one and gut the other.

Sources in Concord are telling me that many Senators are only willing to vote in favor of one pro-gun bill this year, and that they want that bill gutted before they will do even that.

Last year, when we were working on Constitutional Carry attempts were made to add more stringent background checks, impose redundant state versions of federal standards for carrying, and gut the Second Amendment rights of young people.

My sources are telling me all that and more is on the table to bring back to gut HB 536.

As introduced, HB 536 would have cut red tape for the existing licensing system for those who still wish to get one for reciprocity.

Unfortunately, the House stripped out those provision.

If the Senate takes anything else out, there will be nothing worth passing left.

This is not acceptable.

The good news is that three of the five Judiciary Committee members signed the 2010 New Hampshire Firearms Coalition’s survey pledging their support to Constitutional Carry.

Unfortunately, I am already getting reports that several of those Senators are starting to cave under the pressure from leadership to gut this bill.

They need to be reminded of their promise to their Constituents.

Call or email Senators Fenton Groen (603) 271-2609/ fenton.groen@leg.state.nh.us, Jim Luther (603) 271-4151 jim.luther@leg.state.nh.us, and James Forsythe (603) 271-3067 james.forsythe@leg.state.nh.us and remind them of their commitment to support Constitutional Carry, and tell them you want HB 536 passed without any amendments that would weaken the bill.

On top of that, Senator Sharon Carson stands out as the only Republican on the committee who did not answer the NHFC Survey.

What’s more — she signed on to an earlier version of the bill that would have eliminated the issuance of out-of-state licenses all together!

Call Senator Sharon Carson at (603) 271-1403 or email her at sharon.carson@leg.state.nh.us. Tell her to support Constitutional Carry — HB-536 — with absolutely NO amendments that would weaken the bill.

Tell her law abiding citizens should not need government “permission” to exercise their rights.

This is a big week for Gun Rights in New Hampshire. Neighboring Vermont has always had the Constitutional Carry standard, and now the Granite State is this close to having it as well.

This is so important, Dudley Brown, Executive Director of the National Association for Gun Rights, will be personally attending, at the request of NHFC, to help support passage of this important piece of Legislation.

Thursday’s hearings begins at 2:00.

Won’t you join Dudley and I as we stand against the anti-gunners who would gut and kill this bill?

Mark your calendar and join me in the fight against the anti-gunner politicians at the Capitol on Thursday!

I wish I could tell you it is just HB 536 that is in danger.

Unfortunately, my sources are telling me that HB 334 may be in even more danger of being killed.

Right now, Senators are getting a lot of pressure from the un-elected bureaucrats in the University System of NH to either kill this bill or grant the university an exception, and it looks like Senate leadership is willing to go along with them.

After the recent court ruling sanctioning the University’s illegal gun ban, it is more critical than ever that we pass this bill.

Faculty, Parents, students, even visitors watching a UNH Hockey game are stripped of their right to defend themselves when they come onto the campus of a state run university.

That is unjust, and unconstitutional.

NH citizens should should not be stripped of their right to defend themselves on a facility funded by your tax dollars.

Thankfully, Senators Groen, Luther, and Forsythe also pledged their support for strengthening preemption, so that only the legislature, after the full legislative process, with input from you, would have the authority to regulate firearms.

However, sources are telling me that a call from you would really help them do the right thing, and vote for HB 334.

When you call or email Senators Fenton Groen (603) 271-2609 / fenton.groen@leg.state.nh.us, Jim Luther (603) 271-4151 / jim.luther@leg.state.nh.us, and James Forsythe (603) 271-3067 / james.forsythe@leg.state.nh.us about HB 536, please thank them for their pledge to support stronger preemption and ask them to keep their commitment by supporting HB 334 as passed by the House.

Unfortunately the last Republican Senator on the Committee has not pledged that same support.  It is crucial that you and I contact her, letting her know we will not tolerate un-elected bureaucrats stripping away our rights to defend ourselves.

And when you call Senator Carson (603) 271-1403 or email her at sharon.carson@leg.state.nh.us, tell her you want her unconditional support of  HB 334 as passed by the House.

We can still make a difference and get these important pieces of legislation passed, but I can’t do it alone.

Your help will be crucial in getting these bills through the Senate.

Call the Senators today, and if you can, join me Thursday, at 1:00 (HB 334) and 2:00 (HB 536)

In Liberty,

Jonathan R. Evans, Esq.
President – NHFC

P.S. Your help is needed to pass Constitutional Carry and Preemption.  Please call or email Senators Fenton Groen (603) 271-2609 / fenton.groen@leg.state.nh.us, Jim Luther (603) 271-4151 / jim.luther@leg.state.nh.us, and James Forsythe (603) 271-3067 /  james.forsythe@leg.state.nh.us and remind them of their commitment to support Constitutional Carry and Preemption, and tell them you want HB 536 and HB 334 passed without any amendments that would weaken these bills.

Call Senator Carson (603) 271-1403 or email her at sharon.carson@leg.state.nh.us, tell her that she needs to stand up for firearms owners, and that you want her unconditional support of HB 536 and  HB 334 as passed by the House.

P.P.S. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is working tirelessly to keep gun owners like you up-to-date on as many gun issues as possible — please consider contributing to the effort by chipping in $15 or $20.