Bill brought by New Hampshire Senate Democrats would ban guns in ‘safe school zones’
The gun control debate is reigniting in concord after Senate Democrats advanced a bill to ban guns in school zones.
The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor to carry a firearm in a "safe school zone,” with exceptions for law enforcement and on-duty National Guardsmen.
"For students, the stress is real. This is the new normal, and we need to stop this," Megan Tuttle, president of NEA New Hampshire, testified Tuesday.
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“Somebody is intent on murdering children in a school, the penalty for which — in some states, it's the death penalty — but at least life imprisonment. But this bill? Class A misdemeanor? That will stop them because-- what?" Rep. Robert Lynn, R-Windham, testified Tuesday.
This bill is not expected to get past the Senate's Republican majority.