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.

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