New Hampshire’s state motto is “Live Free or Die.” It’s printed on every license plate. It’s chiseled into statehouse walls. And unlike most government slogans — which are about as meaningful as a participation trophy — the New Hampshire House just voted to back it up. House Bill 1793, which would prohibit public colleges and universities from banning firearms on campus, has passed the state House and is heading to the Senate.

Cue the leftist meltdown in three… two… one…

Here’s what the bill does. It’s simple. If you’re a law-abiding citizen in a state that already has constitutional carry — meaning you don’t need a permission slip from the government to exercise your Second Amendment rights — then the local university doesn’t get to strip those rights away just because you walked onto their campus. That’s it. That’s the whole bill. You’d think this was common sense in a state that literally has “Live Free” on its license plates, but apparently the faculty lounge had other ideas.

The bill’s sponsor is Rep. Sam Farrington, a Republican from Rochester. And here’s the best part — Farrington is currently a senior at the University of New Hampshire. He’s not some out-of-touch politician who hasn’t set foot on a campus since the Reagan administration. He goes to class. He walks across that campus every day. And he looked at the university’s firearms policy and said, “Nah, this doesn’t fly in New Hampshire.”

Farrington put it perfectly: “New Hampshire is a constitutional carry state, meaning that you do not need a permission slip in order to exercise your right to bear arms.” He pointed out that college-age adults can vote, sign contracts, join the military, and deploy overseas to fight for this country — but apparently they can’t be trusted to exercise the same constitutional rights on a college campus that they can everywhere else in the state.

About a dozen other states already allow campus carry. And you know what’s happened in those states? Nothing. No shootouts in the dining hall. No Wild West showdowns in the chemistry lab. Farrington pointed this out too — states with campus carry “have seen no increase in accidental shootings, suicides, drunken fights.” Zero. The apocalypse the left promised never showed up. Shocking.

But of course, the opposition brought out their usual lineup of Very Concerned People.

First up: Eli Orne, a UNH psychology major, who testified that “people our age” are too “irresponsible” to handle firearms on campus. A psychology student arguing that his own generation can’t be trusted with constitutional rights. You really can’t write better material than this. Hey Eli — if your classmates are so irresponsible, maybe we should raise the voting age too? The driving age? The age to sign a mortgage? Or does the “my generation is too dumb” argument only apply to the one right that makes liberals uncomfortable?

(Spoiler: it does.)

Then came Zandra Rice Hawkins, director of something called “GunSense NH,” who clutched her pearls about the bill covering “dorms, classrooms, child care centers.” The child care centers line is the classic gun-control move — throw kids into the argument and hope nobody looks at the actual data. Ma’am, about a dozen states have been doing this for years and the campus child care centers are doing just fine. But thanks for the scare tactic.

What’s beautiful about this bill is the contrast it creates. While other states are busy banning gas stoves, outlawing plastic straws, regulating how much water your toilet uses, and telling you which car you’re allowed to drive — New Hampshire is over here expanding constitutional rights. California is trying to figure out how to ban your lawn mower. New Hampshire is making sure the Bill of Rights applies on college campuses. Pick your state wisely, folks.

And the timing is poetic. College campuses across America have spent the last few years becoming increasingly hostile territory for anyone right of center. Conservative speakers get shouted down. Students get doxxed for wearing the wrong hat. Professors openly grade based on political ideology. And through all of that, these same campuses have maintained that they — not the Constitution — get to decide which rights apply within their little academic fiefdoms.

New Hampshire just said: no, actually, you don’t.

The bill now heads to the state Senate, where it’s expected to face more whining from the usual suspects. But New Hampshire’s legislature has been solidly pro-Second Amendment, and the governor has shown no signs of going wobbly. The odds are good.

Pop quiz: What do you call a state that puts “Live Free or Die” on its license plates and then actually passes laws that match?

You call it New Hampshire. And the rest of the country should be taking notes.