Yesterday the group held a rally in Concord, during which a list naming gun violence victims was read, Tsarneav’s included.

He was killed in a shootout with police in the days following the tragic Marathon bombings.

The Union Leader first noted Tsarneav’s mention in its report covering the protest, during which a confrontation between Bloomberg’s group and gun-rights supporters resulted in multiple arrests.

News of his “memorialization” rapidly, with organizations and onlookers nationwide calling on the Bloomberg group to renounce their dubbing a terrorist a victim.

“Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a murderous terrorist and a cold-blooded killer. It is outrageous that Mayor Bloomberg’s gun control group is so radical and out of touch with New Hampshire values that it believes this monster should be labeled as some kind of victim,” stated NH GOP chair Jennifer Horn in a press release. “President Obama and New Hampshire Democrats have joined forces with Mayor Bloomberg’s out-of-state group and openly participates in its vicious smear campaign against law abiding, Granite State gun owners. They need to immediately denounce these comments, end their relationship with this extremist group and make it clear that its radical views are not welcome in New Hampshire.”

The hours that followed have seen Mayors Against Illegal Guns formally apologize, claiming that the list read at the rally was obtained from Slate.com, per the Union Leader’s report of the renouncement.

Spokesman Alex Katz stated that Tsarnaev “was absolutely not a victim, his name should have been deleted before the list was provided to a family member for reading and his name should never have been read. It was a mistake, it should not have happened and we sincerely apologize.”

Despite the thousands of dollars the anti-gun group has put into its ad campaign against Ayotte, Dover Mayor Dean Threfethen remains the only New Hampshire member of the group.

According to the nonpartisan study, released yesterday, the proposal’s becoming law would reduce the deficit by about $197 billion over the next decade and $700 billion from 2024-2033.

Those numbers are juxtaposed against an estimated $258 billion increase in benefit costs, however the report emphasizes that only $25.8 billion of that is drawn from the bill’s legalization provisions.

The CBO report also predicts a boost to GDP as a result of the legislation, with a 3.3 percent increase by 2023 and a 5.4 percent increase by 2033.

The report goes on to estimate that 8 million immigrants would eventually be legalized as a result of the bill and projects an overall 10.4 million population increase.

New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte, whose decision to back the Gang of Eight proposal has been met with both praise and scorn, took to Twitter to hail the CBO’s report as proof that plan is “pro-growth.”

CBO affirms #immigration bill is pro-growth & will significantly reduce federal deficit by ~$197B over first 10 years, ~$700b btw 2024-2033

— Kelly Ayotte (@KellyAyotte) June 18, 2013

Americans for Tax Reform head Grover Norquist, another backer who’s taken some heat, issued a statement calling it “more evidence that immigration is key to economic growth.”

“And because CBO employed the type of dynamic analysis conservatives have long clamored for, we have a full accounting of both the costs and benefits of reform. I urge Congress to fix our broken immigration system for the sake of the American economy,” Norquist continued.

Meanwhile former NHGOP Chairman, Americans By Choice co-founder, and NH Journal contributor Fergus Cullen penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal arguing in favor of reforms to immigration and guest worker programs in the context of the success with which foreign athletes are able to play for American sports teams.

Fellow immigration reform advocate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, tweeted Cullen’s piece.

Those 'Guest Workers' of the NBA and NHL, another compelling argument for reform. http://t.co/RLN524JTpM

— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) June 19, 2013

Recently, a number of past State Republican Chairman signed on to an Op-ed urging the Republican Party both at the State and National level to buy into the latest Immigration Reform Bill.  They stated that Romney received a very small percentage of the vote from people of color.  I regret to inform them that this bill, if the Republicans agree to it, is not going to change that number much at all and we will add approximately 3 to 6 trillion dollars to the deficit.

The Republicans have not in my memory ever received any national support from any of the Unions or most special interests.  The Democrats promise everything to everyone with no regard of the potential cost to keep the special interests support.  The recent election has shown facts other than a low number of people of color voting for Romney.  It showed the special interests turned out in record numbers while millions of Republicans chose not to vote.  It only makes sense that the generational welfare recipient, when given a choice between a man who will find him/her a job or the man promising to keep the gravy train coming for the next generation, will vote for the man keeping the gravy train rolling.  Signing on to a flawed bill will have very little positive effect at the ballot box for Republicans.

However, securing our borders, then discussing this latest reform bill makes all the sense in the world.  The Republicans need to engage in discussions with Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona and Governor Rick Perry from Texas and find the necessary steps needed to secure the borders.  They live it every day.  They would be outstanding resources.  Also let us not forget when Arizona passed a tough immigration law and started doing the federal government’s job by detaining and attempting to stop the flow of illegal aliens, the Obama Administration took the State to court to stop this effort.

I believe that doing the right thing and not the politically correct thing will once and for all address this important issue.  We cannot trust this corrupt administration to do the right thing with the borders after this bill is passed.  This present administration has taken distortion of the truth to a level I thought could never happen in this nation.  It is important to note that the union that represents the employees responsible for protecting the borders is also against this bill.  We need to slow down and proceed with caution and fix immigration the right way, not the fast and easy way with untold hardship on the future generations of this nation.

Jim Adams is Chairman of Granite State Taxpayers

“There is an ongoing message that we need accountability and transparency,” he stated in an interview with The Nashua Telegraph. “If we can bring that, we would have a state that changed its culture in the way new leadership changed New York City from a very rough town into a fairly safe place to live.”

Lambert joins Bedford state Senator Andy Sanborn, Executive Councilor Chris Sununu, Salem state Senator Chuck Morse, and 2012 candidate Kevin Smith on the list of Republicans weighing a bid against Governor Maggie Hassan.

Smith’s 2012 effort was backed by Lambert, who noted that he would “happily support” him should he indeed decide to run again. That decision has been given a timetable for sometime this summer.

In a statement, NH GOP head Jennifer Horn welcomed all Republicans interested in challenging Hassan.

“We welcome all candidates to the race and look forward to a productive primary that will produce a fiscally responsible Republican nominee who will defeat Governor Hassan,” she stated, per the Telegraph’s report.

New Hampshire Democratic Party communications director Harrell Kirstein, on the other hand, was less flattering, saying that “Lambert would fit better in a circus tent than in New Hampshire’s corner office.”

Ayotte first announced her support for the legislation in an appearance on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday:

She subsequently tweeted out an op-ed detailing her support for the bill, writing, “After careful review of this bill, and after meeting with Granite Staters, I will support it and plan to vote for amendments offered to strengthen it.”

Ayotte went on to stress the need to “separate those seeking economic opportunity from those seeking to harm us (who must be deported)” and pledged to support measures to further strengthen border security. In addition to her support for the bill’s focus on border security, Ayotte detailed other positives of the legislation:

“Also, under this bill all employers would be required to use an employment verification system – known as “E-Verify” – to check that job applicants are lawful for employment. To put teeth into the law, employers would face fines and possible criminal penalties for violations of E-Verify requirements.

“Additionally, the legislation cracks down on those who abuse our visa system. Right now, 40 percent of illegal immigrants originally came legally but overstayed their visas. This bill creates an exit system feature that would enable the Department of Homeland Security to more vigorously track, pursue and remove those who overstay their visas.

“The legislation also includes strict requirements for those illegal immigrants who are already here. Before any of these 11 million could earn a green card, they would go to the back of the line, not receive means-tested federal benefits and Obamacare subsidies, and they would be required to pay fines, pay taxes, and pass background checks, learn English, and secure a job. The minimum most immigrants would have to wait to earn a green card would be ten years – and 13 years for naturalization. And this timeline is dependent on first meeting border security and employment enforcement measures.

“In addition to fixing our illegal immigration problem, the bill also takes steps to modernize our legal immigration system. To help ensure our hospitality and agricultural sectors are able to fill jobs that Americans won’t perform, the bill creates a new guest worker visa program. And the legislation addresses concerns that I’ve heard frequently from New Hampshire’s business community, especially the high-tech industry: the outdated cap on visas for highly-skilled workers is holding back our economy.

“After companies make every effort to recruit Americans to perform particular jobs and can’t find any – especially those with expertise in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) – they are forced to look elsewhere. This legislation addresses that shortfall by raising the cap on H-1B visas. And to train the American innovators of tomorrow, it creates new STEM education programs – from K-12 to higher education – financed through a $1,000 fee for those applying for H-1B visas.”

Ayotte’s support will likely be viewed as a major victory for the bill’s proponents, and further establishes the Granite State Senator as willing to take bold positions and be unafraid of facing critics.

We must all remember that Shot Gun Joe and Obama kept calling for a gun control vote. They concocted a half-baked rehash of Senator Feinstein’s attack on the Second Amendment and they were going to harass and lie about those that voted against their bad bill.

Fortunately for New Hampshire, Senator Ayotte stood by her convictions that we already have plenty of safeguards in place. They simply need to be utilized. We do not need more draconian measures. She wrote an excellent Op Ed that appeared in the Union Leader and other leading papers in the state explaining her logic very well.

It is important to note that out-of-state interests are out to get Senator Ayotte. I believe they doth protest too much. They are scared to death of a person like Senator Ayotte. She is very dangerous to Liberal Social Agenda. She has integrity and is not a rubber stamp like the other New Hampshire Senator. She believes in small government, low taxes and taking care of those in need with a helping hand up, not a generational hand out. And most of all, as a former Attorney General, she believes in the Constitution. Those qualities horrify the liberal hate mongers who lied about what really happened on the Gun Control vote.

Remember Bloomberg tells the people in New York City what they can eat and how large their portions can be. Little wonder he has spent $700,000 to make Senator Ayotte look bad by lying about her to promote his Mayors against Guns agenda.

Senator Ayotte believes in tweaking the present laws relative to gun purchases and keeping guns out of the hands of felons and the mentally ill. Thank you, Senator Ayotte, for doing the right thing, not the politically correct thing. Mayor Bloomberg should have used his $700,000 to help the cause of battered and abused women or taking on the ACLU to make it easier for authorities to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. Instead, he chose to attack their greatest fear: an honest, smart woman not afraid to stand up for what she believes – a person brave enough to stare at the man accused of murdering a Manchester police officer and telling him she was asking for the death penalty for the horrible crime he had committed.

New Hampshire is indeed fortunate to have such an outstanding Senator. Don’t listen to the lies and the liberal hate machine. Those accusations are unfounded and without honor.

Jim Adams is Chairman of Granite State Taxpayers