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Howard Dean: "There is no Deer In The New Hampshire Legislature" (Original Post) ellisonz Jan 2012 OP
No, there aren't Demeter Jan 2012 #1
Sounds about right... ellisonz Jan 2012 #2

ellisonz

(27,739 posts)
2. Sounds about right...
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 05:29 PM
Jan 2012

My what a contrast there is in the sensibilities of Vermont and New Hampshire. The DNC should strip NH of their "first-in-the-nation" status and give it to Vermont.

The latest insanity coming from some members of the New Hampshire state legislature:


Bill would let some felons have guns
Another would lift ban on firing in city
By Annmarie Timmins / Monitor staff
January 25, 2012

Manuse said his intention is to make New Hampshire law comply with the state Constitution, which says penalties must be proportional. Therefore, he said, a violent felony should not be punished the same as a nonviolent felony.

The bill's supporters testifying yesterday included Rep. Mark Warden, a Manchester Republican who called the legislation a "common sense bill," Rep. Al Baldasaro, a Londonderry Republican, and Rep. George Lambert, a Litchfield Republican.

Lambert asked the committee to remember that New Hampshire forbids felons from other states from having guns even if a felony in one state is not a felony offense in New Hampshire. He also offered the example of Martha Stewart, whose felony insider trading conviction would prevent her from coming to New Hampshire with a gun.

"If I invite Martha Stewart to my house to give my wife a little lesson in cooking and manners, she couldn't come (with a gun) because she's a felon," Lambert said.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/307050/bill-would-let-some-felons-have-guns?SESS5d55ce5d863b2d2374563e0adcc50ffa=ysearch
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