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Campus Carry bill scaled back and sent to study committee

Campus Carry bill scaled back and sent to study committee

FILE - A customer checks out a hand gun that is for sale and on display at SP firearms on June 23, 2022, in Hempstead, New York. New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File


CONCORD, N.H.- A proposed Campus Carry bill that would allow citizens carry weapons was dealt a minor blow Thursday after the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded the bill needs more work.

As a result, the amended version of House Bill 1793 allows students to possess and carry non-lethal weapons such as Pepper spray or Tasers on state campuses.

Democrats argued against sending the legislation to a study committee and claimed that public testimony was overwhelmingly against the bill

Following Thursday’s decision the bill’s sponsor, Rep.Sam Farrington R-Rochester took to social media and defended his legislation saying “The bill is not dead yet. It ain’t over till it’s over.

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