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F.U.D Factor – Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.  The Police Chief’s Association here in NH has made all too clear that they hate the idea that law abiding citizens no longer have to come before them on bended knee to ask permission to wear a coat over a gun worn at one’s hip.  Here, Laconia Police Chief make it QUITE clear – he (and others) don’t trust us:

“I’m opposed to it,” said Laconia Police Chief Chris Adams. The process for acquiring a concealed carry permit, he said, “gives an added level of protection.”  Adams said he has processed hundreds of concealed carry permits per year since he became chief, and has only declined a handful of applications. He might deny an application because of mental health problems or the applicant’s criminal history, especially regarding drug use or sales.

Or, like in the case documented here on GraniteGrok, denied a license simply because Michelle Levell (current Chair of the NH Womens Defense League) refused to put more information on the Pistol/Revolver license application than legally required.  Not because of a criminal history, not because of mental illness – the power-went-to-his-head chief decided his requirements trumped that of the legal form.  Paperwork.  And cost Michelle thousands in court fees just for the judge to yell at said chief.

Back to Adams, the Laconia Chief.  Now, either before or after the passage of SB12, there was no legal requirement to inform the police, if stopped, if you were packing.  None at all.  So what is his parting words on the subject?

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So we had Joseph Plaia and Zandra Rice-Hawkins lie about SB12 – the law that Governor Sununu that finally gave NH residents the full measure of our Constitutional Right to keep and bear arms without having to ask Nanny Government “may I?”. Plaia is a shill for Gabby Gifford’s civilian disarmament group and Rice-Hawkins seemingly hates any idea or move to devolve even a smidgeon of power or decision making back to us plebes.

And of course, Ray Buckley the NH Dem Party Chair (who backed uber-Progressive, pro-Islamic, and anti-Semite Keith Ellison for DNC chair – and lost that bet) is in the same boat as these other two anti-Liberty yahoos.  What a trio of liars!  So what was Buckles The Clown’s take on this (reformatted, emphasis mine)?

The New Hampshire Democratic Party, however, chastised the governor for signing gun legislation – instead of other issues – as his first bill signing.

“The governor claims concealed carry is about ‘safety,’ but he is making it harder for law enforcement officials to keep track of guns that fall into the wrong hands,” claimed Ray Buckley, the head of the NHDP. “The vast majority of Granite Staters support common sense reforms like background checks and it is those reforms that will make us safer, not more accessibility.”

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“…the main emphasis of NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien, that his main role was to devolve power from Concord and send it back to the citizens and next level down of government and to individual citizens:”

Now, President Trump is sympatico with Bill?  Liberal heads are exploding (and then immediately self-composting) as Trump said the following at the Governors Dinner last night (emphasis mine, reformatted):

“We’re going to give you back a lot of the powers that have been taken away from states and great people and great governors, and you can control it better than the federal government because you’re right on top of it,” Trump said. The president delivered a speech at the National Governors Association meeting on Monday.

He explained that more states needed to compete for the best solutions around the country, citing the importance of citizens holding their state governors accountable.

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“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small,but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)

Yeah, this is still Obama’s EPA with Pruitt installed just this past week. In that they can do what they want with our tax money, as, well, because they are the EPA. Actually, it seems to be Fed wide which is why Trump is not liked (yeah, I know, way understatement) with his promise to take down the Administrative or Deep State.  Especially so with the EPA, given how hard they lobbied Congress NOT to allow Pruitt to become the EPA Administrator and with stories about how they are going to do anything they can to stymie the new Administration’s policies to rein them in.

And with this, these EPA employees have just handed Trump and Pruitt their own hang-nooses (emphasis mine, reformatted):

EPA Employees Used Gov’t Purchase Card to Spend $14,985 on Fitness Memberships
Purchases did not comply with any of the internal controls that were tested

Environmental Protection Agency employees used their government purchase cards to spend $14,985 on fitness memberships, according to an audit by the inspector general of the agency. With the goal of assessing the risk of illegal, improper, and erroneous purchases made on the EPA’s purchase card, the auditors evaluated 18 transactions totaling $48,345 and found that none of them complied with any of the internal controls that were tested.

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