NH: Democrats Propose Voter Suppression for Second Amendment Practitioners

Gun Watch ^ | 25 January, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

A bill has been introduced into the New Hampshire legislature. It is designed to suppress the exercise of the Second Amendment and voting.

The bill to discourage Second Amendment practitioners from voting is HB350. It is unlikely to pass in Second Amendment friendly New Hampshire. It shows the Democrat mindset to suppress the votes of people they disagree with.

The bill requires that people who are going to vote divest themselves of their Second Amendment rights while they are voting.  In New Hampshire, no license is required to carry a firearm openly; it is fairly simple to obtain a license to carry a handgun concealed. The number of concealed carry licenses is unknown. Statewide records are only kept for out of state permits. 

The bill requires that people be unarmed while in the actual practice of voting.  It also requires that they not "control" any firearm while voting, thus forbidding that they leave their firearm locked in their car.  From the bill at legiscan .com:

I. No person shall knowingly carry a loaded or unloaded pistol, revolver, firearm, or other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V, whether open or concealed, or whether licensed or unlicensed, upon the person or within any of the person's possessions owned or within the person's control at a polling place during a federal, state, or municipal election.

II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class B felony.

According to an article from New Hampshire, it has never been illegal to carry weapons to polling places in New Hampshire. The article is in the left leaning Seacoast Online. If a single instance of abuse had occurred, it would have been mentioned at seacoastonline.com:

Additionally, he warned, some residents might carry weapons to the polls, which is legal under state law.

"We are going to follow the law," Selig said. "As long as nobody is being threatening toward anyone else with their weapons, it's a non-issue. We are just making sure everyone is safe."

None of the commenters at the site were able to find a single instance of abuse, either.

The safety of carrying weapons to the polls has never been an issue. The intent of the legislation seems clear: discourage people who exercise their Second Amendment rights from voting.  

When you make it more difficult for a group to vote, be it illegal aliens or Second Amendment activists, some of them will find the extra step to be the one that keeps them from voting that day.

Second Amendment supporters tend to be 3.7 times as likely to be Republicans as Democrats, 82% to 22%, according to Pew.  This legislation seems to be an attempt to suppress the Republican vote.

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[marktwain]

I recall that in some of the colonies, people were required to bring guns to the polls to show that they could perform militia service. Anyone have a reference?

[JudgemAll]

I was surprised in Georgia of the no gun policy at the voting booth when georgia has repealed forbidding guns at bars, schools and places of gathering recently, I believe.

Of course it gave indication of the political affiliation of poll workers there....

[PJammers]

When was the last time anyone was shot, at a polling station, in NH?

[ez]

The purveyors of this legislation need to be asked what problem it seeks to address.

[Blue Collar Christian]

This bill is designed to counter the rash of mass shootings at polling places that have plagued New Hampshire in recent years.

Oh, wait...

[fieldmarshaldj]

I guess they’re worried Republicans might shoot the ballot. They should’ve in 2008 and 2012.

[marktwain]

When was the last time anyone was shot, at a polling station, in NH?

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No one can find an instance of it happening.

[TXnMA]

"When was the last time anyone was shot, at a polling station, in NH?"

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When was the last time anyone was shot, at a polling station, in NH ANYWHERE in the USA?

[TXnMA]

Courtesy ping to #8 for the O.P....

[Steven Scharf]

When was the last time anyone was shot, at a polling station, in NH?

When was the last time someone was shot in NH?

[CtBigPat]

You may need to protect yourself in case a 600 pound pig shows up!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/09/wayward-pig-shows-new-hampshire-polling-place/chwdyHFkMG4SlBmsjYoOjO/story.html

[trebb]

LOL! Going after the crowd that can defend itself.....

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

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[bravo whiskey]

As long as the polling place is not in a school or on federali grounds you can ccw while voting or while working as an election judge in Colorado. I do not think you can carry and vote in Louisiana.

[Noumenon]

Long past time to hang these bastards.