After a man fatally shot his estranged wife in Berlin last year, the New Hampshire judicial branch was among many entities calling for changes. The courts and police could have stopped Michael Gleason from killing Marisol Fuentes-Huaracha had they enforced a domestic violence protective order requiring Gleason to give up his firearms, the branch’s Internal […]

The New Hampshire House voted to kill a bill to create a “red flag law” allowing courts to order the surrender of firearms by people deemed a danger to themselves or others, after Republicans argued it would trample on individuals’ rights and not solve mental health crises. In a 206-153 vote, the Republican-led House defeated […]