A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. As your candidate for State Senate, I am committed to preserving our Second Amendment rights and opposing any legislation that seeks to erode these freedoms.Dean Donnell, the Lowell District Court found that a law abiding New Hampshire citizen who exercises their constitutional right to carry a. Article 17 (1780) The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. The trial court ruled that defendants could challenge the guncarry permit statute even though neither defendant had applied for a permit. An Act concerning the sale and possession of firearms and supplementing and amending various parts of the statutory law. Reprinted: March 7, 2023 to include revisions.