SB 336 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2746
04/10
SENATE BILL 336
AN ACT relative to the qualifications for obtaining a license to carry a concealed pistol or revolver.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill amends the requirement that a person be "suitable" to be issued a concealed carry permit.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2746
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to the qualifications for obtaining a license to carry a concealed pistol or revolver.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Pistols and Revolvers; License to Carry. Amend RSA 159:6, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) The selectmen of a town, the mayor or chief of police of a city or a full-time police officer designated by them respectively, the county sheriff for a resident of an unincorporated place, or the county sheriff if designated by the selectmen of a town that has no police chief, upon application of any resident of such town, city, or unincorporated place, or the director of state police, or some person designated by such director, upon application of a nonresident, shall issue a license to such applicant authorizing the applicant to carry a loaded pistol or revolver in this state for not less than 4 years from the date of issue, if it appears that the applicant has good reason to fear injury to the applicant's person or property or has any proper purpose, and that the applicant is a [suitable] proper person to be licensed. Hunting, target shooting, or self-defense shall be considered a proper purpose. The license shall be valid for all allowable purposes regardless of the purpose for which it was originally issued.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.