Gun Rights

HB 135 Up For Vote – Thursday, May 23, 10:00 am

May 20, 2013

HB 135, to repeal NH’s “Stand Your Ground” , is scheduled for a vote by the full Senate this Thursday, May 23.  The session begins at 10.  Call your Senator and tell him or her to support the Committee’s report to vote ITL – Inexpedient To Legislate!    

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Are NH Democrats just Making Stuff Up about Background Checks?

May 5, 2013

There are more lies about background checks coming from the New Hampshire Democrat Party than truths and no polling can possibly explain the disparity unless the polls are flawed, skewed, or just made. Ninety percent of New Hampshire citizens cannot possibly be in favor of  Manchin Toomey background checks when less than 90% of all [ Read more ]

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Police take sides in Tilton meeting. EVERYONE TO FITZWILLIAM TOMORROW NIGHT!

May 1, 2013

This just in from a liberty & freedom activist who attended the Tilton meeting set up for regressives to attack Kelly Ayotte last night: I just attended the Ayotte Town Hall Meeting in Tilton this evening with some fellow patriots to counter the constitution-burning, left-wing “progressives” who showed up to…

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Say Hello to the Happy Train

May 1, 2013

Rick reported the news yesterday of the likely demise of HB 135 (2013)– Deputy Dawg Stephen Shurtleff’s  repeal of stand your ground for me but not for he. Most of us had an inkling of this last week, and I’m not about to go on about that or the bill’s demise because Rick has more to add (or just [ Read more ]

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Things are not always what they seem…

April 23, 2013

Concealed – should always have to make the other think… (H/T: New Hampshire Concealed Carry on Facebook)

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“Shameful” there, ‘Bam? Obama just got Alinsky’d on gun control and is he mad!

April 17, 2013

What’s good for the gander should be good for the goose – only this time, it seems that the goose has had its feathers all in a dither, as the US Senate voted against the gun control bill, the Manchin/Toomey bill, went down 54-46.  Diane Feinstein’s new and expanded ban on so-called “assault weapons” (hey, [ Read more ]

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IDPA – yeah, we’re ditching Colorado too

April 2, 2013

Colorado has now put some of the nation’s most draconian guns laws into place thus far (yes, California and New York are right there with them, and soon joining them, Connecticut).  Magupul and a number of other firearms and accessory manufacturers have announced they, their payrolls, their spending, and their tax monies are leaving Colorado [ Read more ]

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NH House Vote To Repeal Stand Your Ground (HB 135) is Today

March 27, 2013

Update [-Skip]:  The NH House just voted to pass HB135 which means that you must flee from danger instead of asserting your Right to Self-Defense.  From the House Republican Alliance: “We are saddened but not surprised by the passage of HB135, which removes a person’s right to defend oneself. The passage of this politically motivated [ Read more ]

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So what is NH doing to lure these now “orphaned” 2nd Amendment Companies?

March 26, 2013

You know, we have SigSauer based here in NH.  Sturm Ruger, too, Heckler & Koch as well.  Well known manufacturers – a solid knowledge base and familiarity with firearms manufacturing.  I have been wondering, with Democrat onslaught in various States of restricting the civilian populations’ access to and use of small arms they deem “scary” [ Read more ]

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Blog Headline of the Day – thank you, President Obama

March 21, 2013

Obama and Biden Bitterly Clinging to Assault Weapons Ban   Turnabout IS fair play.  Obama ACCUSED us to clinging to our guns and Bibles – as if either is a bad thing.  Now, with Harry Reid at the Senatorial helm, ‘Bam and Biden may be clinging to just a dream. Nice to finally see a [ Read more ]

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NH Ranked 10th Best State for Gun Owners by Guns & Ammo Magazine

March 21, 2013

Guns and Ammo Magazine has rated all 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine where the best and worst places are for gun owners in America. New Hampshire ranked in the top ten best. Tenth, actually.  The District of Columbia came in 51st (go figure). Rounding out the bottom after DC are New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, [ Read more ]

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How About a Little Bias?

March 15, 2013

Much of the media bais that occures is subtle.  From choosing what stories to cover and what to ignore to how issues, ideas, and people are framed in context, word choice and tone convey connotation, intentional or not, to the reader. Here’s a classic example from Yahoo! News. Claudine Zap, writing for The Lookout – [ Read more ]

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Will Beretta Leave Maryland?

February 26, 2013

Moving costs money but the owners of Beretta are thinking it might be time. Beretta is weighing whether the rifle line (which would now be illegal if proposed legislation becomes law), and perhaps the company itself, should stay in a place increasingly hostile toward its products. Its iconic 9mm pistol — carried by every U.S. [ Read more ]

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Immunity Bill for Gun Owners Passes the House

February 22, 2013

How would many Democratic N.H. House Reps, (including the only Merrimack Democratic House Rep), one Republican Rep, and hoplophobes answer the following questions? Suppose someone hotwires your F-150, spins a few doughnuts in your neighbors lawn, and then proceeds to tear through an intersection only to T-Bone a Statey.  Do you think you should also [ Read more ]

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Mental Health Issues – Taxing Up The Wrong Tree

February 19, 2013

Skip already gave a run-down on HB 499 and how it could suggest that gun buyers report all sales to the the Department of Health and (in)Human Services, and pay a fee on every sale.  You have to keep track of that fee so we get a back-door gun registry while claiming to get gun owners [ Read more ]

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Some Anti-Gun Arguments Are So Lame…

February 11, 2013

There’s a great “Your Turn” editorial in the Union Leader, written by Brandon Harvey of Danbury.   His primary point is that some of the arguments being made in favor of restricting second amendment rights are so lame (as in unable to stand on their own), they have to be addressed, and he does a [ Read more ]

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“Line in the Granite” – Defend Your Gun Rights Rally – Jack Kimball

February 3, 2013

This past Thursday was a Line in the Granite – People who take the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution AND Article XX of the NH Constitution very seriously.  They gathered on the steps of the NH Capitol this past Thursday to let the politicians under the Golden Dome know [ Read more ]

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A Message From a Former Tiananmen Square Activist….About Guns

January 23, 2013

    H/T Hot air

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Notable Quotes: Wayne LaPierre

January 17, 2013

  “There is not a national, one-size-fits-all solution to protecting our children,” he said. “But do know this – President [Obama] zeroed out school emergency planning grants in last year’s budget and scrapped “Secure Our Schools” policing grants in next year’s budget.” Washington Times Related: Washington Guardian

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Joe Biden: “If it only saves one life!” A concealed carrier saved two that night.

January 12, 2013

Of all of the stupidest arguments that Progressives use over and over again is that of “if it only saves one life, it’s worth it!”.  The hypocrisy is that when confronted with that absurdity with other concrete example of danger (but do not fit the Narrative Du Jour), they grimace and “that’s stupid” without realizing [ Read more ]

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Ben Shapiro Puts Piers Morgan on The Defensive – Morgan Clueless

January 11, 2013

I think we’ve had more than enough coverage on second amendment issues at GraniteGrok of late so I’ve been trying to talk about other things, but I could not let this pass me by. Ben Shapiro was on with Piers Morgan and Alex Jones he was not.  Shapiro shows us how to properly engage this [ Read more ]

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ObamaCare provision Prevents Government from Collecting Information on Gun Owners

January 9, 2013

CNN reports that Harry Reid slipped a mickey into the Patient Affordable Care Act to keep the NRA on the sidelines. Senate amendment 3276, Sec 2716, part c “Protection of Second Amendment Rights” Government cannot collect: “…any information relating to…(A) The lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition” Lucky for Nancy Pelosi and [ Read more ]

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Massachusetts man and his family killed by a Bobcat…

January 8, 2013

This is the byline we would have been writing today, had Roger Mundell Jr. not had a gun…and used it to save himself and his family. When he opened his garage door, he was savagely attacked by a wild Bobcat, which then went after his nephew, giving him the chance to retrieve his firearm and [ Read more ]

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Commentary From Crooks On Journal News Gun Ownership Postings

January 6, 2013

“Having a list of who has a gun is like gold – why rob that house when you can hit the one next door, where there are no guns?” —Walter T. Shaw, Notorious Ex Burglar and Jewel Thief On December 30, Steve shared with us about the Journal News and its’ December 22nd publication of each [ Read more ]

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“I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed…”

December 31, 2012

An Open letter from Marine Cpl Joshua Boston to US Senator Diane Feinstein. Senator Dianne Feinstein, I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so [ Read more ]

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