Newsmax
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
By: Luis F. Perez

 
New Hampshire lawmakers Wednesday moved to change gun restrictions in the state to
allow anyone to carry a firearm without a permit, the Union Leader reported Thursday.
The state House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee passed a bill to lifts the
permit restriction. The bill also removes regulations regarding transporting firearms in
vehicles. While the bill lifts certain gun laws, others will still be in effect.
State Rep. Kenneth Kreis, a Canterbury Republican, who chaired the sub-committee that
worked on the bill, said the law would allow someone to carry a weapon on a snowmobile
for example, but that person could still be prosecuted for hunting out of season if he shot
a deer.
“I don’t believe any of us want a 16-year-old carrying a concealed weapon,” he told the
newspaper.
The bill is one of three measures designed to expand the state’s “Castle Doctrine” to
public places. Under current law, a person is allowed to use deadly force in their home if
the life is threatened.
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