mvpel
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I don't have a lot of detail at this point.
Per a discussion I had with with attorney Evan Nappen at PorcFest 2008, the victim is a non-resident of New Hampshire who was availing himself of the open carry provision in exercise of his Article 2a right to armed self-defense.
He was stopped for a traffic infraction while armed with his loaded, holstered firearm, and was arrested and charged with a violation of the carry statute RSA 159:4, which prohibits unlicensed carry of a loaded firearm "in any vehicle."
The "in any vehicle" wording has existed in the law since before the Article-2a amendment to the Constitution was enacted, so arguably this constitutional provision has superceded it. It sounds like, from my brief conversation, that Mr. Nappen and his client may intend to make just this kind of challenge to the validity of the law.
The Article-2a right doesn't disappear the moment you step into a vehicle, even though the law at present says otherwise.
I don't have a lot of detail at this point.
Per a discussion I had with with attorney Evan Nappen at PorcFest 2008, the victim is a non-resident of New Hampshire who was availing himself of the open carry provision in exercise of his Article 2a right to armed self-defense.
He was stopped for a traffic infraction while armed with his loaded, holstered firearm, and was arrested and charged with a violation of the carry statute RSA 159:4, which prohibits unlicensed carry of a loaded firearm "in any vehicle."
The "in any vehicle" wording has existed in the law since before the Article-2a amendment to the Constitution was enacted, so arguably this constitutional provision has superceded it. It sounds like, from my brief conversation, that Mr. Nappen and his client may intend to make just this kind of challenge to the validity of the law.
The Article-2a right doesn't disappear the moment you step into a vehicle, even though the law at present says otherwise.