relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.

HB 609 gives New Hampshire's state legislature exclusive authority to regulate firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray, knives, and other self-defense tools. It overrides all existing local city or town ordinances on these items, making them void upon the bill's passage. The bill specifies that only state law can govern sales, ownership, possession, transportation, licensing, and taxation of these items, with limited exceptions for zoning rules about where businesses operate. This bill has no fiscal impact, as it does not create new costs, require funding, or change existing regulations.