And this whole time all I thought about was Tom only being 5' 07" tall.
And this whole time all I thought about was Tom only being 5' 07" tall.
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Not sure why this was even an issue. Did anyone actually bother to read the law?
RSA 159:6 clearly says protections, all proper purposes, and hunting are all valid reasons for the license.
It's literally spelled out in black and white. New Hampshire firearm law is very easy to read and understand.
They administratively added the home state permit requirement in 1996. It was amended in 2004 to require any out of state permit. Then around 2011 or so, they went back to home state permit.
The Supreme Court of NH struck the rule down in 2016 in Bach v N.H. Department of Safety.
There was another thread, I'm to lazy to go find it where this was argued extensively and it got kind of ugly. There were those arguing the clear wording of the law and others who swore someone told them it happened. Even a link to another forum where someone claimed to have been denied for putting down self defense. On the back of the application it says-
So there were those arguing it must say protection or all proper purposes or both. PT confirmed the answer for us. Maybe there was a time when they denied permits for not explicitly wording it a particular way but considering how loose they are in giving them out in didn't make sense to most of us.A license to carry a loaded handgun may be issued for PROTECTION or ALL PROPER PURPOSES. One or more
of these reasons must be noted on the application, in the space provided for reason(s) for which you make application to carry
a pistol in New Hampshire.
I went the NH rout because when I called the Dearborn PD to see when they did prints the lady informed me it was up to her discretion weather or not to take prints. With the hassle she has given me before I didn't want to deal with it again.