NH Senate Hearing: Campus Carry

April 13, 2026 / NHWomen / 2nd Amendment

Important NH Senate Hearing on Campus Carry is being heard on Tuesday. Make your voice heard!

On Tuesday, April 14th at 1:45 PM, the NH Senate will hold a hearing on Campus Carry – HB 1793 – prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus. This NH House already passed this bill.

The legislation simply bans public colleges and universities in New Hampshire from prohibiting students’ fundamental human right to self-defense. Currently, public schools like the University of New Hampshire allow students to bring firearms on campus but they must hand them over to campus police for ‘safe keeping.’

UNH also bans all ‘dangerous weapons.’ It is unclear what falls under that category since inanimate objects are not dangerous weapons, but they don’t list out what self-defense items are prohibited:

The use and possession of all firearms, other dangerous weapons intended to inflict injury, or explosives are prohibited on the Durham, Concord, and Manchester core campuses of the University of New Hampshire. Law enforcement officers duly authorized to carry such instruments are excepted.

There are 12 colleges and universities around the country that allow campus carry. There have been no issues as a result. The gun control crowd (along with schools like UNH) wants to deny women the right to protect themselves from predators all while making it easier for predators to harm women.

Our fundamental human right to self-defense does not end when we cross a college or university ‘border.’ NH is a ‘Constitutional Carry’ state. That protected right applies to everyone in the state, not just ‘some’ people in the state.

Amanda Collins Johnson was a victim of these types of ‘rules’ when she was raped at gunpoint on the University of Nevada-Reno campus. She was a concealed carry permit holder but wasn’t allowed to carry her firearm on campus:

At the time of her assault, Johnson had a concealed carry permit, but because she was on a college campus, she was not allowed to use it, she said. Her experience led her to advocate for holders of concealed carry permits to carry their guns on college campuses. Johnson’s advocacy work became her “wishbone.”

“I had been legislated into being a victim because the very law that was meant to ensure my safety ensured my attacker that I was going to be an unmatched victim for him,” Johnson said.

Take Action

What can you do? Show up to the hearing. Arrive earlier than the 1:45 timeline so you can be sure to get a seat. The committee room isn’t very big, and they don’t allow ‘standing room.’ The hearing is at the State House building in Room 100.

You can also email and/or call the Senate Judiciary Committee Members to show your support for the legislation:

You can also sign in to show your support for the bill online. An example is below: