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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Firearm Prohibitions in New Hampshire.’ Who Can Have a Gun. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 4 December
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Prohibited Purchasers Generally in New Hampshire
Federal law prohibits certain persons from purchasing or possessing firearms, such as felons, certain domestic abusers, and certain people with a history of mental illness.
Similarly, New Hampshire has incorporated the federal prohibition against selling firearms to felons as a state offense. New Hampshire also prohibits any person who has been convicted of a felony against the person or property of another, or a felony under New Hampshire's Controlled Drug Act, or a similar law in another jurisdiction, from owning, possessing or controlling a firearm. New Hampshire state law also prohibits any person from knowingly attempting to purchase a firearm while subject to a protective order…
New Hampshire has no laws preventing firearm purchase or possession by, among others:
- Violent misdemeanants;
- Persons with mental illness;
- Persons convicted of drug or alcohol misdemeanors; or
- Juvenile offenders…
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