Anti-gunners are in every state in the nation. The most pro-gun states out there have active organizations trying to curtail your right to keep and bear arms. Even without organizations, though, they're still there and still working to pass gun control.

In New England, they're particularly successful. Pretty much every New England state is a gun control haven...with one exception.

New Hampshire has long had "Live Free or Die" on its license plates and while they're not perfect in protecting liberty--no one is, really--they do better than most. 

And, it seems, the governor has just signed two laws meant to protect and expand gun rights in the state.

New Hampshire expanded gun ownership protections with two new pieces of legislation that were aimed at preserving firearm owners’ rights and privacy.

Granite Staters will soon be permitted to keep loaded guns in their cars at work due to a law proposed by State Rep. Daniel Popovici-Muller, a Windham Republican. It mandates that all companies that receive government funding – including subsidies, grants and any other money – cannot prohibit employees from keeping a firearm in their car when parked on company property, as long as the car is locked and the gun is kept out of sight.

Popovici-Muller said he views the law more as providing clarity than as expanding gun rights. It stemmed from discussions with constituents, who came to him with concerns about the right to carry a firearm conflicting with employer policies that prohibit guns on the premises.

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Another bill aimed at preserving privacy mandates that credit card and payment companies will no longer be allowed to label purchases of guns, ammunition or accessories with a firearms purchase code, according to HB 1186, which Gov. Chris Sununu recently signed into law. This is to stop those purchase codes from being aggregated and shared with the federal government and keep firearm purchases from being tracked in that way.

Rep. Jason Janvrin, a Seabrook Republican, said he framed this as an extension of a state constitutional amendment, the Right to Live Free from Government Intrusion in Private and Personal Information, which passed in 2018 with flying colors in a ballot referendum. Eighty-one percent of voters approved that amendment

Now, the law providing for guns to be left in cars in some workplaces is one of those cases where I get some of the arguments against it. After all, guns are being stolen from cars all the time, so this just sort of makes it more likely because instead of leaving guns at home, yada yada yada. 

First, if you're going to do this, get a car-mounted gun safe so your weapon will be secured while you're at work.

But the purpose of such laws is straightforward. I should not have to be disarmed and vulnerable just to go to work. I work from home, so this isn't a thing for me, but I used to work on a Marine base. I also had to drive through some sketchy parts of town to get there. While I was fortunate and nothing ever happened, but that doesn't mean it won't for someone else.

Telling someone they can't keep a gun in their own vehicle means that they're disarmed at least to and from work. It also means they're disarmed literally anywhere else they go before they get back home.

That's beyond what any employer should be doing.

As for the merchant category codes, well, that needs to be a federal thing, but since that's not likely to happen anytime soon...

I agree that this does fall into a category of protecting people's personal information, particularly from the government--the whole reason for this nonsense is for credit card companies to be able to tell the government who is buying guns if it's more or more often than they think is prudent--and I'm glad to see that as well. We've beaten that dead horse aplenty, so there's no reason to go back through it all over again.

Good work, New Hampshire. Good work indeed.