You honestly believe a lack of firearm regulations and registry is more importanrt than the freedom to conduct business? I feel the need to remind you, business is where you buy the guns.
There are firearm regulations, and there are restrictions on the type of business you can conduct. When I compare places that may be better for me to live, I look at the things that affect me. NH gun laws are decent. I don't go to strip clubs or bars, or even drink, so the regulation on those things don't really affect me. I don't have anything against strip clubs or bars, and think NH is silly about some of that stuff.
You should be free to open a business of your choice, and operate within the guidelines.
How it should be, and how it is are two different things. That is why you have to make trade offs.
If there were three licensed gun dealers in NH, you'd have a very different opinion.
I'm not sure that would bother me, as long as I can buy the types of guns I want. I think I have only been to three gun shop in NH. If NH had the same restrictions on guns that MA has, that would be a problem for me.
Picking and choosing what's a concern based on your opinion of what they sell is not cool. Consistancy is important.
I don't know. It's not based on my opinion of what they sell, it based on the fact that I am not a consumer of what they sell. Just like fatcat doesn't really care about the homeschool laws in Zug because it's not something that affects him, strip clubs aren't a big issue for me because I don't frequent them. When I investigate places to live, I look at the issues that affect me. Homeschooling is a bigger issue than guns for me.
That doesn't mean I think strip clubs should be restricted. You have to make some trade-offs some where, so I choose to do it on issues that don't really affect me. If I still drank, the state run liquor stores would piss me off. But I don't, so I don't really care about it.
I can appreciate that, and I guess its the SOP that most people would adopt.
I don't do any of that shit anymore either, and rarely drink. But I think it sets a dangerous precedent to disallow a legal enterprise to all but an elite few.
It kinda makes me wonder who owns those licenses, and who they're connected to.