World Net Daily reports that New Hampshire may deregulate the concealed carry of firearms and go to a 'Vermont-style' approach. Currently Vermont and Alaska are the only states that allow persons to carry firearms without requiring a permit.

The bill, Senate Bill 454, eliminates all government involvement in a person's decision to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. [...]

The bill was opposed at the hearing by the New Hampshire Police Association, the New Hampshire Women's Lobby and the Million Mom March of New Hampshire, the Manchester paper reported.

It isn't surprising that the policeman's union and the Million Dozen Mom March are opposed to the law. They usually frown on any gun rights legislation. Police organizations often times feel that policemen should have 'super citizen' status, and be the only ones allowed to own a gun, while the MMM was founded as a gun ban organizatin. But the Women's Lobby should be ashamed.

The mission of the New Hampshire Women's Lobby is to "improve the economic and social well-being of New Hampshire women and their families." Preventing women from protecting themselves against an abusive husband or boyfriend is counterproductive to that goal. It has long been known that teaching women to rely on the 9-1-1 emergency system can have deadly results.