NH Senate Kills Campus Carry—Then Refuses to Even Talk

HB 1793 arrived from the House clean: law-abiding adults could carry on public university grounds. The Senate took that and carved it down to a faculty-only shell—a gesture so small it's practically an insult—then refused to enter a conference committee to reconcile the two versions.

That's not a compromise. That's a procedural execution.

The fallout is simple and brutal: no campus carry in New Hampshire for at least another year. Students, staff, and visitors at UNH, Keene State, and every other public campus stay disarmed by policy—**soft targets by law**—while Senate members walk away claiming they did *something*.

They didn't do something. They did nothing and made sure nobody else could either.

Here's the absurdity the Senate just locked in for another session: New Hampshire is a constitutional carry state. You can carry on the street. You can carry in the parking lot. You can carry right up to the front door of a university building—and the moment you step inside, the law demands you become defenseless. That contradiction survived intact because the Senate wouldn't sit down and negotiate.

Faculty-only carry isn't a win. It's a pressure valve—a token gesture engineered to drain momentum from real reform while giving political cover to senators who didn't want the fight. The message it sends to every law-abiding student and campus visitor: **your safety isn't worth the Senate's time.**

The House did its job. The Senate torched it.

Names matter here. Which senators voted to gut the bill? Which ones blocked the conference request? Those answers need to be public, posted, and remembered. Primaries matter. Voting records are forever.

**What to do right now:** Find your New Hampshire state senator, call their office, and demand an explanation. Ask directly whether your senator killed the conference request. Screenshot whatever you get back—answer or silence—and share it. The 2027 session starts fresh. Accountability starts today.