Stop the 2018 Gun & Self Defense Ban

Petition to Stop “The 2018 Gun & Self Defense Ban”
To my State Legislators and
the Governor, Senate President, and Speaker of the House

Whereas: Part 1st, Article 2 of the NH Constitution clearly states “All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights – among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting, property;…”; and

Whereas: Part 1st, Article 2a of the NH Constitution clearly states “All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.”; and

Whereas: The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly states that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed;” and

Whereas: This inalienable, individual right clearly includes the right of all law-abiding citizens to purchase and carry a gun for self-defense; and

Whereas: New Hampshire is consistently ranked as one of the safest states; and

Whereas: Real-life experience and extensive research both clearly demonstrate that restricting the right to bear arms in self-defense only encourages violent crime; and

Whereas: That when law abiding people are free to make their own choices of whether or not to carry concealed firearms everyone benefits because criminals have no way of knowing if their intended victims are armed and able to defend themselves and their peers; and

Whereas: History has shown us that when administrators, teachers and citizens can carry self-defense guns into schools, students are better off;

Whereas: New Hampshire has not had random acts of violence in our schools precisely because we are different from other states and do not restrict the carrying of small arms by the law abiding;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, to protect liberty and the right of individuals to defend themselves, their peers and their families, and to honor the oath you took to uphold the Constitutions, we urge you to reject the amendment to SB 357, sponsored by Senator Martha Hennessey that will allow local school boards to ban the carrying of self defense guns in schools;

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