GO-NH Provides Grant to Hunt for the Hungry

On Tuesday, October 21, the Gun Owners of New Hampshire Board of Directors provided a $1,000 grant to the New Hampshire Food Bank in support of the Hunt for the Hungry program.

Gun Owners of New Hampshire is partnered with the New Hampshire Food Bank and the Department of Fish & Game in Hunt for the Hungry, which Gun Owners of New Hampshire volunteers helped to establish years ago.

Last year, New Hampshire hunters donated a record-shattering 3,288 pounds of wild game meat, almost triple the 2006 total, providing essential and nutritious protein to the Food Bank's inventory to supply 350 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and group homes statewide.

Due to the overwhelming growth of the program and the increasing costs and need in these tough economic times, GO-NH provided the grant to support the expenses of the program, and is working with the Food Bank to help insure its continued success in 2008.

If you wish to donate part or all of your kill to the Food Bank, or volunteer your time or services for the program, please contact fellow hunter and program coordinator Michelle Garron via e-mail or at (603)669-9725 ext. 112.

If you would like to donate money to the cause of fighting hunger in New Hampshire, or become a Freedom From Hunger monthly donor, follow this link.

GO-NH Releases 2008 Voter's Guide for November 4 Election

After tireless work by our team of unpaid volunteers, the GO-NH Voter's Guide for the November 4, 2008 election is now available!

Two PDF versions are available:

- Official GONH 2008 Voter's Guide - Booklet Layout
- Official GONH 2008 Voter's Guide - Sheet Layout

Corrections to grades were mailed to members and are not yet reflected in the documents above:

- GONH 2008 Voter's Guide Errata

The Booklet layout, when printed double-sided, will arrange the pages in the proper order to produce a 8½x5½" folded booklet. The Sheet layout arranges the pages sequentially for use with non-duplex printers.

GO-NH members who have a New Hampshire mailing address should have their mailed copy in hand and ready for next Tuesday.

Remember: NH Gun Owners Vote!

Errata, corrected in above PDF files:

• Bob Bruce, EC4: Grade should be "B" not "F"

GO-NH Comments on Heller Decision

We are delighted that the U.S. Supreme court accepted a Second Amendment case, and more delighted that the majority found the Second Amendment confers an individual right, as opposed to a collective right, as we stated in the amicus brief that we signed along with dozens of other NRA state organizations.

Not only did the court affirm that individual right, the court went much further than expected in supporting that decision. The court accepted a narrow question regarding DC gun laws, but yet correctly answered a much broader question as to the scope of the Second Amendment.

Will this decision affect gun rights in New Hampshire? Yes: now, when applicants for a pistol/revolver license are denied a license to carry, if the New Hampshire Supreme Court is unwilling to uphold the law as written, our citizens can seek justice in the US District Court.

Supreme Court Strikes Down DC Gun Ban

The US Supreme Court just released its opinion in the DC v. Heller case, affirming the lower court's decision to strike down the DC gun ban. See SCOTUSblog for details.

In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Scalia, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to firearms, without connection to any organized government militia.

The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
(a) The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms.
(b) The prefatory clause comports with the Court’s interpretation of the operative clause. The “militia” comprised all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense. The Antifederalists feared that the Federal Government would disarm the people in order to disable this citizens’ militia, enabling a politicized standing army or a select militia to rule. The response was to deny Congress power to abridge the ancient right of individuals to keep and bear arms, so that the ideal of a citizens’ militia would be preserved.

The 157-page opinion is attached to this article.

New Hampshire resident Justice Souter dissented, joined by Stevens, Breyer, and Ginsberg.

DCvHeller.pdf

Shop Online, Support GO-NH

iGive.com is a new, easy way for you to support GO-NH with everything you buy online! Hundreds of online merchants rebate a small percentage of your purchase which you can then automatically donate to GO-NH! Were you planning anyway to make a purchase at Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's, Dunham's, Eastern Mountain Sports, or Jeffers Equine? Are you going to rent a car, see a movie, share photos, or get new snow tires?

Why not put a percentage of that purchase to work for firearms freedom in New Hampshire?

Sign up at iGive.com, choose Gun Owners of New Hampshire as your cause, and make it happen! iGive even has a Shopping Window that will automatically link your shopping to iGive donations so you don't even have to check the merchant list before you shop!

Note: Contributions and dues to Gun Owners of New Hampshire are not tax-deductible.

Join the NRA, Cash for GO-NH!

Gun Owners of New Hampshire is the NRA's official State Affiliate organization. Membership information is not shared between GO-NH and the NRA. To join GO-NH, fill out and submit this application.

By using this link to join the NRA, or to renew or upgrade your membership; or when you use the GO-NH Campaign ID "XC010665" on a mail form, the NRA pays GO-NH a bonus to help protect your rights here in New Hampshire!

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