{"id":2832,"date":"2012-11-13T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/11\/13\/knife-rights-leader-in-nh-legislature\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:20:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:20:02","slug":"knife-rights-leader-in-nh-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2832","title":{"rendered":"Knife Rights Leader In NH Legislature Defeated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14875,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.blademag.com\\\/profiles\\\/blogs\\\/pro-knifer-loses-new-hampshire-seat?et_mid=589553&amp;rid=3414808&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blademag.com\\\/profiles\\\/blogs\\\/pro-knifer-loses-new-hampshire-seat?et_mid=589553&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14876,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.jenncoffey.com\\\/joomla\\\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=46&amp;Itemid=53&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.jenncoffey.com\\\/joomla\\\/index.php?option=com_content&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14877,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kniferights.org\\\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=99&amp;Itemid=1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kniferights.org\\\/index.php?option=com_content&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14878,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/kniveslipstickandliberty.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14879,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/sos.nh.gov\\\/2012RepGen.aspx?id=28024&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sos.nh.gov\\\/2012RepGen.aspx?id=28024&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14880,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/marioratzki.com\\\/letters-to-the-editor&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14881,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/marioratzki.info&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nHidden in among all the recent election news was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blademag.com\/profiles\/blogs\/pro-knifer-loses-new-hampshire-seat?et_mid=589553&amp;rid=3414808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the defeat of NH State Representative Jenn Coffey<\/a> (R-Merrimack) who had led the successful fight to reform New Hampshire&#8217;s knife laws.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenncoffey.com\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=46&amp;Itemid=53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coffey<\/a>, the winner of Blade Magazine&#8217;s 2011 Publisher&#8217;s Award, had sponsored the bill that removed penalties for both possession and selling switchblades, dirks, daggers, and stilettos. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kniferights.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=99&amp;Itemid=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her bill which passed and was signed<\/a> by the governor of New Hampshire changed the emphasis from the tool to the crime. In addition, Coffey is the National Legislative Director for the Second Amendment Sisters. She has written a book, <a href=\"http:\/\/kniveslipstickandliberty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Knives, Lipstick, and Liberty<\/i><\/a> about the experience of going from an apolitical EMT to being recognized as a leader for knife rights.<\/p>\n<p>Coffey lost to Democrat Mario Ratzki by <a href=\"http:\/\/sos.nh.gov\/2012RepGen.aspx?id=28024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approximately 200 votes<\/a>. Mr. Ratzki, <a href=\"http:\/\/marioratzki.com\/letters-to-the-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to his website<\/a>, had relocated to that area of New Hampshire a mere three years ago to retire after <a href=\"http:\/\/marioratzki.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selling antique rugs in Boston<\/a>. The voter guide from NH Public TV says that Coffey is a graduate of Lycee Henri Poincare (Nancy, France) and U. Cal. &#8211; Berkeley. <\/p>\n<p>As to his position on the Second Amendment, he said in a letter to the editor, &#8220;We need to &nbsp;balance gun rights with public safety.&#8221; An equivocating statement like that tells you everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden in among all the recent election news was the defeat of NH State Representative Jenn Coffey (R-Merrimack) who&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3533,211,679],"class_list":["post-2832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jenn-coffey","tag-knife-rights","tag-new-hampshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8535,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832\/revisions\/8535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}