My home state of New Hampshire is about to become the seventeenth state with the passage of HB1178, a bill that prohibits the State of New Hampshire from “enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
Federal Statutes, Regulations, and Presidential Executive Orders Relating to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Pursuant to the general court’s authority under Part II, Article 5 of the New Hampshire Constitution, the state of New Hampshire, a political subdivision of this state, or any person acting under the color of state, county, or municipal law shall be prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with any law, act, rule, order, or regulation of the United States Government or Executive Order of the President of the United States that is inconsistent with any law of this state regarding the regulation of firearms, ammunition, magazines or the ammunition feeding devices, firearm components, firearms supplies, or knives.The anti-gunners, both outside and inside the federal government, will have a tough row to hoe if states absolutely refuse to enforce laws that violate the Second Amendment. “Because we say so!” isn’t going to fly in the states that have overtly declared they will not be coerced into enforcing unconstitutional laws.
HB1178 goes before the governor for his signature. Governor Sununu is a known Second Amendment supporter and is expected to sign the legislation into law.