CONCORD, N.H. — Gov. Maggie Hassan’s veto of a bill to remove the licensing requirement for carrying hidden guns is far from the last word on the issue.

Members of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance are trying to organize a rally of gun owners on the Statehouse lawn on Saturday. A Facebook page advertising the event encourages participants to peacefully exercise their rights to carry guns openly and concealed, if they have a license. Republican Rep. JR Hoell of Dunbarton, a co-sponsor of the concealed-carry bill that Hassan squelched, said there might not be enough time to plan a rally by this weekend but that pro-gun groups will hold one at some point.

“There are thousands of people in New Hampshire who are outraged by what the governor has done,” said Susan Olsen, a member of the Women’s Defense League and New Hampshire Liberty Alliance.

Hassan, meanwhile, is using the veto as a way to raise cash. In an email Tuesday from her political committee, Hassan told supporters that the National Rifle Association will attack her. She is seeking to raise $5,000 by the end of Tuesday.

“This week I vetoed a radical right-wing bill that would allow anyone to carry a hidden gun without a license,” the email says. “The gun lobby is furious.”

Anyone who can legally possess a gun in New Hampshire is allowed to carry it openly, but carrying the gun concealed requires a license from local officials. It’s up to town officials, typically police officers, to decide within 14 days of receiving an application whether the person is “suitable” to carry a gun.

Olsen, who testified in support of removing the license, said it amounts to state-sanctioned discrimination because police officers can take their own bias into account when deciding if someone is “suitable” to carry a concealed gun. She called Hassan’s veto “shocking and shameful.”

Olsen said a coalition of groups that are against the licensing requirement plan to mount a “vigorous” campaign to overturn Hassan’s veto. Support from two-thirds of both the Senate and House is needed for a veto override.

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