Last week’s state house committee hearings featured two very different gun proposals. The first, HB 1314, is excellent. It would allow people to carry guns into colleges or any other government-funded entity. The other, HB 1657 is terrible. It would create a huge list of places where guns would not be allowed, including anywhere with a liquor license, hospitals, polling places, churches, and other clear constitutional violations of the right to property and religion.
In the case of the awful gun prohibition bill, the testimony was entirely against it, with the exception of the bill’s sponsor who spoke first. It was an avalanche of pro-weapons-freedom testimony which was well-spoken by its advocates. (This happens in NH anytime gun freedom is threatened. Self-defense supporters come out in large number to testify for gun freedom.) The bill went down in flames, 11-2 voting “inexpedient to legislate”. I don’t have full video of either hearing, but I got most of them. Here’s the video of the terrible gun ban bill hearing first:
Here’s the video of most of the hearing on the good gun bill which would allow carrying on college campus and other state-funded entities:
The good bill sadly also did not pass the committee via a 9-4 vote to ITL (Inexpedient to Legislate). We will see what happens on the full floor of the house of representatives when they vote on it.
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Unless I have a fundamental misunderstanding of this, it’s already legal to carry guns on college campuses since no gun signs don’t have the force of law. The only thing 1314 would do is prevent students from getting in trouble if caught carrying.
Freekeeners are banned from the college. So carrying guns on campus really isn’t a big deal.
@Mike What police will enforce and what is actually illegal are two different things, often times. http://freekeene.com/2011/12/02/university-system-of-new-hampshire-misleads-openly-about-weapon-regulation-authority/
“since no gun signs don’t have the force of law.”
They sure as shit do on private property, and college campuses are considered private property.
@MikeAB: No, they do not have the force of law on private property. This isn’t a hell-hole like Texas. Only being told to leave has any force, under NH law. No-trespassing signs are allowed, but only as strict no-trespassing signs; there is no statutory provision for a sign which is conditional upon whether or not someone is armed – it’s all or nothing.
State-run colleges are not private property, either.