Fairfax, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- House Bill 500, sponsored by Representative John Burt (R-Hillsborough 39), has been scheduled for a hearing before the House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee on February 17 2015, at 10:15 A.M. in LOB 305.
If passed, HB 500 would revise state law to allow a person to use a firearm sound suppressor while hunting in the Granite State. Currently, hunters and sportsmen in 35 states across the country are able to use these sound suppressing devices for the taking of wildlife.
There are numerous benefits to hunting with suppressed firearms, including:
- Elimination of noise complaints frequently used as an excuse to close hunting lands throughout the country, resulting in the protection of hunting areas well into the future.
- Reduction of recoil and muzzle rise resulting in increased accuracy of hunters. More accurate shooting in the field means fewer wounded and lost animals, good for both hunters and wildlife.
- Reduction in muzzle report to hearing-safe levels, limiting the risk that the hunter or anyone with the hunter will suffer permanent hearing loss if they fail to use hearing protection.
Using the contact information provided below, please email members of this Committee today and urge them to support HB 500.
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee:
Representative David Kidder, Chairman (R-Merrimack 5)
david.kidder@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative James Webb, Vice Chairman (R-Rockingham 6)
james.webb@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Elisabeth Sanders (R-Rockingham 12)
elisabeth.sanders@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Joe Duarte (R-Rockingham 2)
joe.duarte@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Guy Comtois (R-Belknap 7)
gcomtois2010@gmail.comRepresentative Carlos Gonzalez (R-Hillsborough 45)
cegonzalezj@comcast.netRepresentative Shem Kellogg (R-Rockingham 14)
shem.kellogg@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Robert Knowles (R-Strafford 12)
RKnowles@metrocast.netRepresentative Shari LeBreche (R-Belknap 6)
shari.lebreche@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Douglas Long (R-Merrimack 4)
longbroscon@mcttelecom.comRepresentative Harold Parker (R-Carroll 6)
hbpcd6@gmail.comRepresentative James Spillane (R-Rockingham 2)
James@JamesSpillane.orgRepresentative Kenneth Ward (D-Strafford 21)
ken.ward@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Benjamin Baroody (D-Hillsborough 43)
ben.baroody@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Armand Forest (D-Hillsborough 18)
Armand.Forest@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Richard McNamara (D-Hillsborough 38)
Richard.McNamara@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Ted Rokas (D-Hillsborough 12)
Ted.Rokas@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative C. Lee Guerette (D-Hillsborough 33)
Lee.Guerette@leg.state.nh.usRepresentative Ivy Vann (D-Hillsborough 24)
Ivy.Vann@leg.state.nh.us
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