NH carry question

[nikon]

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Carrying without a Permit/License
Date updated: Aug 25, 2005 @ 9:58 pm

Title XII 159:4 Carrying Without License.

No person shall carry a loaded pistol or revolver in any vehicle or concealed upon his person, except in his dwelling, house or place of business, without a valid license therefore as hereinafter provided. A loaded pistol or revolver shall include any pistol or revolver with a magazine, cylinder, chamber or clip in which there are loaded cartridges. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall, for the first such offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor. For the second and for each subsequent violation of the provisions of this section, such person shall be guilty of a class B felony, provided such second or subsequent violation has occurred within 7 years of the previous conviction.

Source. 1923, 118:4. PL 149:4. RL 179:4. 1951, 151:1. RSA 159:4. 1967, 220:3. 1973, 528:84. 1994, 48:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.


Admin note
You can open carry anywhere in the state except a courthouse or area used by a Court without a Pistol/Revolver License as long as the firearm is openly visible. However if you get in a car you must unload the firearm. Electric and chemical spray devices may be carried concealed without a license.

Let me see if I understand this correctly. To carry concealed you need a CCW permit. However, you can carry open ANYWHERE in NH as long as it's not in your car or a courthouse?

[Before I get into this too far I want it out there that I currently have an application pending for a CCW permit but I am just trying to be well versed on the laws.]

How does this work when it comes to something like a long t-shirt or a jacket? My holster is a Blackhawk w/Serpa so it is and OWB and clearly visible but if I throw on a jacket - is that now considered concealed? I would suppose that technically it would be but am looking for the best information that I can get, just in case I get denied the permit because I live in VT :D

TIA

[ChesCopPodz]

Virginia is the same way. You need a license to carry a weapon concealed but not to carry one openly. No big deal. i've only ever run across 2 people carrying openly and one did it because i told him to. He forgot to take off his gun before going into a bar. In VA it is illegal to concealed carry in a place that serves alcohol, permit or not. However it is not illegal to open carry in a place that serves alcohol. Some liberal hippie called and said that he "brandished" it at her (apparently to her brandishing is the same as having your shirt ride up slightly, exposing the gun briefly) before going inside the bar. The guy had literally been there for 2 minutes when i approached him. Before he could say anything he handed me his CCW permit and said "I know why you're here, I forgot to take it off before I came in here and I just realized it when you wakled over to me. I told him about the liberal calling us and told him that he either had to secure it in his car or that it was legal to open carry it. He wasn't drunk, was only there for a basket of wings and one beer after work. I wasn't about to arrest him for that which would have taken away his permit.

About your other question. If you are carrying openly you have to carry it completely out in the open. If it gets covered by a long T-shirt it is now concealed. If it's behind your jacket it's concealed. If you are going to carry openly, you have to make absolutely sure it is completely out in the open and visible.

[nikon]

About your other question. If you are carrying openly you have to carry it completely out in the open. If it gets covered by a long T-shirt it is now concealed. If it's behind your jacket it's concealed. If you are going to carry openly, you have to make absolutely sure it is completely out in the open and visible.

That's just so interesting to me. I am used to carrying open or concealed (I love Vermont) so this whole thing about ok for totally open is strange to me. I guess I'll have to make sure that my shirt is tucked in. :D I am hoping that it doesn't matter and that my permit goes through anyway.

Thanks for the knowledge.

[gonnabafiveoh]

The way it is here.. is if you carry open it has to be visible with the naked eye and easily recognizeable as a firearm.. Also must be in a holster..

[phantasm]

That admin note is a dumb court decision, IMO, but as to my interpretation of the law, you are allowed to carry concealed in your home or your business w/o a permit, and that's all.

[RO56]

I told him about the liberal calling us and told him that he either had to secure it in his car or that it was legal to open carry it.

I can hear it now:

Dispatch Operator: "911, what is your emergency?"
Caller: "Yes, ummm, I'm a tree-hugging, Bush-hating, gun-grabbing fascist liberal and I'm calling to report a ..."

[phantasm]

I can hear it now:

Dispatch Operator: "911, what is your emergency?"
Caller: "Yes, ummm, I'm a tree-hugging, Bush-hating, gun-grabbing fascist liberal and I'm calling to report a ..."

Be advised central it's not a 10-10 firearm (10-10 =possible crime). It's just a 52 (10-52 = dispute), mark it 91 (10-91 = non-crime corrected).