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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: txradioguy on August 25, 2019, 11:10:41 pm

Title: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: txradioguy on August 25, 2019, 11:10:41 pm
There’s good news to report coming out of New Hampshire. Governor Chris Sununu recently vetoed three gun control bills. The bills included a three-day waiting period, prohibiting carrying a firearm on school property and background checks on private sales.

Meanwhile, New Hampshire GOP spokesman Joe Sweeney explained the three gun control bills had been on Democratic leaders’ desks since at least June, accusing them of a “shameful and disgusting exploitation of a national tragedy,” reported nationalreview.com.

The governor and other New Hampshire Republicans reportedly accused the Democratic leader of the state senate of manipulation, according to nationalreview.com. While the bills passed the state senate in May, Democratic state senate president Donna Soucy only just officially sent the bills to the governor’s desk. Many believe that timing involved waiting for a moment such as the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

However, Governor Sununu left no doubt where he stood on the position in his veto message:

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These three bills would not solve our national issues nor would they prevent evil individuals from doing harm, but they would further restrict the constitutional rights of law abiding New Hampshire citizens. The New Hampshire Constitution states ‘All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.’ This language provides what many believe to be more expansive legal protections for gun ownership than the second amendment to the United States Constitution.

“New Hampshire is one of the safest states in the nation and we have a long tradition of responsible firearm stewardship,” the governor later said via Twitter. “Our gun laws are well-crafted and fit our culture of responsible gun ownership and individual freedom.”

https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2019/08/sununu-vetoes-gun-control-bills/ (https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2019/08/sununu-vetoes-gun-control-bills/)
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: Wingnut on August 25, 2019, 11:13:54 pm
"Live Free Or Die" is hanging on by a thread in New Hamster.
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: txradioguy on August 25, 2019, 11:18:19 pm
"Live Free Or Die" is hanging on by a thread in New Hamster.

Well look what they're surrounded by.
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: Wingnut on August 25, 2019, 11:24:36 pm
Well look what they're surrounded by.

The enemy.   :cool:
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: txradioguy on August 25, 2019, 11:28:34 pm
The enemy.   :cool:

On all sides.  They are IIRC one of the only states on my CCDW reciprocity map above the Mason-Dixon line I can legally carry.  The others are are Maine and Vermont..
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: verga on August 28, 2019, 12:54:24 pm
We need universal reciprocity.
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: andy58-in-nh on August 28, 2019, 01:00:36 pm
We need universal reciprocity.

That would be great, but will not happen in the current environment. At least those of us who live in Northern New England (ME, NH, VT) can enjoy Constitutional carry, and not have to leave our pistols behind, as when I have to go to Massachusetts. Or, God forbid: New Jersey.... where that which is perfectly legal in my home state would be a felony, punishable by years in prison.   
Title: Re: New Hampshire Governor Sununu Vetoes Three Gun Control Bills
Post by: thackney on August 28, 2019, 01:10:59 pm
We need universal reciprocity.

I don't agree.  If the federal government can force California to accept Texas gun laws, they can force Texas to accept California gun laws.

Now make a federal constitutional carry, I can go for that.