New Hampshire Police Chief Gun Raffle

[TheCowsCameHome]

This event has stirred up a hornet's nest. And that State Rep. Al Baldasardo has been in the news before, IIRC.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/2013/01/19/police-chiefs-criticized-for-gun-prizes-raffle/3Fgz6JjEzMsCA9CAPOmXWJ/story.html

[Riftaxe]

1. Only in the media

Sure a few people with an agenda making fluff about a legal product being raffled. Pretty much ends there, certainly none of my neighbors think it is worth comment.


Those stressed about it and out of touch with rural america, would have a conniption about local raffles, sometimes there is no pleasing the overly paranoid.

[geckosfeet]

2. The nest has already been stirred. But it is an interesting issue.

The law enforcement people that I have regular contact with are generally strongly in favor of private (legal) firearm ownership.

NH and Vermont have some of the most liberal firearms regulations in the country. They also have some of the lowest crime rates. Both states have average population densities and higher than average education attainment. Both states have very low gun violence.

US population density by state
List of U.S. states by educational attainment
Gun violence in the United States by state

I live in MA. We have some of the highest education attainment rates, very high population density, strict firearms regulations, and the rate of gun crime is higher than both NH and Vt.