CONCORD, N.H. — As a state representative, Al Baldasaro says he has been physically threatened multiple times. But he has always felt a measure of safety because New Hampshire’s laws permit him to carry a concealed weapon.
“This is why we are the safest state in the country,’’ said the former Marine, whose grandfather was mayor of Cambridge.
Now, the Republican says he feels even safer after legislators voted last week to overturn a ban on weapons in the State House and permit concealed weapons on the House floor and in the visitors’ gallery....
These faux 'rating' are populous and not factual. The numbers are 'simple' and not analyzed for what brings about those numbers. Crime is not as simple as 'rankings,' it is a dynamic that causes crime. Carrying guns has little to do with it, yet for those that have the backing of Millionaires and Billionaires that make money from gun sales 'any reason is good reason.'
What is the opposition say?
...We are in a packed (click title to entry - thank you) and tense room in the State House where a public hearing on a contentious issue is taking place. Someone draws a gun and starts waving it at the chairman, who is also holding a gun. What now happens? At least as likely as any other scenario is that several people, including the hypothetical representative, would draw their guns, and at least some would start shooting at the person waving the gun. Probably he or she would be killed, but how many others would be dead and wounded as collateral damage?...
Tom Duston
Chesterfield, N.H.
These faux 'rating' are populous and not factual. The numbers are 'simple' and not analyzed for what brings about those numbers. Crime is not as simple as 'rankings,' it is a dynamic that causes crime. Carrying guns has little to do with it, yet for those that have the backing of Millionaires and Billionaires that make money from gun sales 'any reason is good reason.'
What is the opposition say?
...We are in a packed (click title to entry - thank you) and tense room in the State House where a public hearing on a contentious issue is taking place. Someone draws a gun and starts waving it at the chairman, who is also holding a gun. What now happens? At least as likely as any other scenario is that several people, including the hypothetical representative, would draw their guns, and at least some would start shooting at the person waving the gun. Probably he or she would be killed, but how many others would be dead and wounded as collateral damage?...
Tom Duston
Chesterfield, N.H.
