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New Hampshire lawmakers reject bill to allow guns on school property
CONCORD, N.H. — A bill that would have required New Hampshire school districts to vote on whether to allow teachers and other employees to carry concealed firearms on school property was defeated in a rare setback for the gun lobby in the New England state.
Under the proposed law, individual districts would have been required to decide whether to allow school employees who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon to do so on campus.
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In 2011, New Hampshire’s then-Republican-controlled legislature voted to allow carrying weapons in the state’s legislative chambers, a measure that was repealed earlier this year by a new Democratic majority.
Democrats are also pushing a bill to repeal the state’s 2011 “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows those who believe they are threatened by another to use deadly force to protect themselves — even if they could safely retreat from the situation.
Read More: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/14/news/nation/new-hampshire-lawmakers-reject-bill-to-allow-guns-on-school-property/?ref=latest
Under the proposed law, individual districts would have been required to decide whether to allow school employees who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon to do so on campus.
(snip)
In 2011, New Hampshire’s then-Republican-controlled legislature voted to allow carrying weapons in the state’s legislative chambers, a measure that was repealed earlier this year by a new Democratic majority.
Democrats are also pushing a bill to repeal the state’s 2011 “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows those who believe they are threatened by another to use deadly force to protect themselves — even if they could safely retreat from the situation.
Read More: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/14/news/nation/new-hampshire-lawmakers-reject-bill-to-allow-guns-on-school-property/?ref=latest
New Hampshire, like Colorado, is showing the country what you do with a majority.
