NRA signals N.H. legislative agenda: MOAR GUNZ!

In its 2014 questionnaire to New Hampshire legislative candidates, the National Rifle Association signals its legislative agenda for the next term.

The questionnaire, which will be used to determine the candidate’s NRA rating, first asks about legislation the NRA opposes, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons. Candidates are then asked if they will support a series of legislative proposals which include making it easier to obtain a fully automatic firearm and repealing the license requirement for concealed carry:

Would you support state legislation to repeal the state background check system for handguns, which is costly, unnecessary and requires the same criminal background check as NICS, and instead use NICS for transfers of both long guns and handguns?

Would you support legislation that would lower New Hampshire’s concealed carry application age from 21 to 18?

Would you support legislation that would – without diminishing the enforceability of any other firearms laws concerning prohibited persons, prohibited places, or prohibited conduct – treat open and concealed carriers alike by repealing the license requirement for the carrying of a concealed firearm?

Would you support repealing the state licensing requirement for Federal Firearm License (FFL) holders, who must already comply with federal firearm requirements?

Would you support “Employee Protection” legislation that would allow law-abiding citizens to keep lawfully transported firearms locked in their personal vehicles while they are parked in a location they are permitted to be?

Would you support legislation requiring law enforcement departments to auction or sell their confiscated sporting and self-defense arms to FFL dealers [rather than destroy them]?

Would you support state legislation that would make [the process of acquiring an NFA-regulated item, such as a firearm sound suppressor or fully automatic firearm] more objective by requiring [chief local law enforcement officers] to sign such forms if the applicant if not otherwise prohibited from obtaining an NFA item.

Would you support “No-Net-Loss” legislation in New Hampshire [which requires that if an area currently open to public hunting is closed to the public, the same number of acres of public land must be opened to hunting elsewhere]?