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NH legislature about to repeal concealed carry permit requirement
But the governor says he'll veto it.
In AZ, concealed carry was absolutely banned (no permits available) except for peace officers, until, oh, 10-20 years ago. Then we went straight to "shall issue." A few years they repealed the ban on permitless concealed carry, so even that went (tho you can still get a permit if you want it for reciprocity purposes). If either change had any effect on human behavior, I never noticed it.
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Small correction:
Governor's a she, Maggie Hassan, very liberal, very rich, very idle. If she ever worked a day in her life, we never heard about it. Hubby is the boss of the 1%-er boarding school Phillips Exeter, feedstock for the legacy-family C students of the Ivy League.
Beloved of the recent immigrants from NY and NJ. The recent MA folks tend to be right- or libertarian-leaning tax exile). The New Jerseyites are here because they've beshat their own state and are now looking for someplace else to loot and ruin.
Hassan's loathing for firearms is less political than it is class-based (it's not SWPL, it's stuff proles like, and she hates herself some proles unless they do what she wants and union up).
For people looking to AZ as a model, it should be noted that the permit also allows you to carry in places that serve alcohol, including restaurants--something that remains illegal without a permit.
Also, IMHO, the change in the statute to allow businesses to post "no guns" signs (and making carrying in such places a crime and not merely civil trespassing) was a terrible idea.
I was dismayed to see these signs had popped up all over Phoenix last time I was there, including several of my favorite restaurants. The irony is that these restaurants (e.g., Ruth's Chris) are places that serve alcohol so all they are doing is excluding permit holders like me--people who had been eating there for years without any problems.
In states without posting provisions for private businesses included in the statute, I have found that it is simply not an issue. Where the statute says nothing, private business can still post the signs, but I find that few do (exception: movie theaters--go figure). But if you give people the option expressly in the law, then apparently many feel they have to post the signs (for insurance or liability issues or whatever).
(I have not read the NH bill to see how it compares.)