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By Outer Banks Voice on March 29, 2023
Pistol purchase permitting laws eliminatedOn the afternoon of March 29, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office published this Public Service Announcement on its Facebook page. It explains the impact of the passage of Senate Bill 41 by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Here is the announcement.
Effective immediately, any person seeking to purchase or transfer a handgun in North Carolina is no longer required to apply to the sheriff for a pistol purchase permit. All pistol purchase permitting laws in North Carolina have been eliminated by the enactment of Senate Bill 41, Guarantee 2nd Amend Freedom and Protections.
Senate Bill 41 was approved by the General Assembly and sent to Governor Roy Cooper for his signature on March 16, 2023. The Governor had 10 days to veto the bill to avoid the bill becoming law and the bill was vetoed by the Governor on March 24, 2023. The bill was then sent back to the General Assembly to see whether or not there was sufficient support to override the Governor’s veto in each chamber of the General Assembly.
Yesterday, the Senate successfully voted to override the governor’s veto by a three-fifths vote of Senate members present and voting. The bill was then sent to the House for a vote to override the Governor’s veto. This morning the House successfully voted to override the Governor’s veto by a three-fifths vote of House members present and voting. Senate Bill 41 became law immediately once the governor’s veto was overridden in the House.
In the wake of the vote to override, NC House Speaker Tim Moore issued a statement asserting that “This legislation preserves the Second Amendment rights of North Carolinians by repealing the outdated pistol permit system. It also allows all churches and other place of religious worship to protect their parishioners and launches a statewide firearm safe storage awareness initiative.”
The opposing view came in a statement from Becky Ceartas, Executive Director of North Carolinians Against Gun Voice. “Make no mistake, this vote to override Governor Cooper’s veto of SB 41 puts every North Carolinian’s safety in greater peril,” she declared. “Our legislature should be working to keep us safe from gun violence, not making it easier for prohibited people to get guns and put us more at risk.”
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Czarina
People are allowed to say “don’t like our laws- leave,” “Democrats are always against laws that protect our way of life and our rights on the second amendment,” but you won’t list my comment how right-wingers are pro-birth but not pro-life.
james
If the Republicans could succeed and form their own country it would look like a third world country in a matter of weeks. Children and citizens would be plagued by gun violence to an extent unimaginable. The EPA and all environmental laws would be banned and the citizens would drink lead and heavy chemicals in the water. Next they would sale all the parklands to the oil and gas companies. They would eliminate all minimum wage and labor laws which they have long wanted to do. Next they would ban all other religions as Republicans believe in a purely Christian nation. All technology such as wind and solar would be banished or heavily curtailed as Republicans only believe in fossil fuels. They would ban the press as they have tried so hard to do. They would kill the right to vote as they are trying so hard to do. In short, a Republican country would look a lot like Mississippi which is not far from Haiti in statistics such as health and education. Their Motto would not be “In God We Trust” it would be “Gods and Guns”. Trump a deranged manic would be their dear leader and they would bow to him as a God and their dear leader. Kool-aid would be the drink of choice. I wish they would hurry up and succeed so we can all build a civilized and safe society for ourselves and our children.
Political smoke and mirrors
FYI
Politicians use any and every headline as an opportunity to create more division. Standard operating procedure for Pol’s as is the case here.
I bought two handguns through the pistol purchase system. Easy peasy. Then at a later date I ordered a shotgun online and had it delivered to a local FFL as is required by law. When the FFL ran me through NICS I came back denied (clerical error on my criminal record) It took me two months to straighten that mess out. NICS worked as is should but what happened with the two previous handgun purchases? Obviously the sheriff staff did not run me through NICS and just did a background check of their own with their records or I would have been denied.
My point is that it isn’t any easier to buy a handgun now and may in fact be more difficult. The only real change is that it removes any opportunity for the Sheriff’s staff to deny someone for a personal or some other non-legal reason that they are not actually empowered to do. I very seriously doubt that actually happens but it could under the old law. North Carolina was a shall issue state to begin with vs a May Issue State (like New York and a lot of other blue states) where the Sherrif can do anything he wants ala Jim Crow.
Facts always get in the way of a good political rant.
1958
So many transplants upset with the way we have lived for years. There are more guns than people on this beach and it will be that way forever.
John Reston
Let’s even things up now that we don’t have to track handguns at the state level. Start with arming every schoolteacher and all K-12 admin folks. Don’t forget the receptionist and the cafe workers – many of whom will see the highest volume of action. Take some of those pesky tax dollars (that teachers don’t really need anyway) and purchase a proudly US-made 9mm pistol and 1 box of ammo. Figure about $500.00 per employee. Employees are free to purchase their own gun or bring one from home. But no semi-automatic rifles! That would be unfair.
Next, set aside another $500.00 for select pupils who will be trained to “stand their (play)ground” in the event of another active shooter scenario which, let’s face it, is inevitable in this country. Use the baseball/kickball field for target practice. These courageous scholars will be the envy of their peers which will cause many other students to strive to be the next Beacon of Brandished Bravery. Rotate the gun and the student every week so everyone gets their moment to shine! Participation awards to be given at the school’s discretion.
It’s an all-around win situation! When everyone has a gun then maybe those sickos will think twice about shooting up a school, right? Next up – arming public librarians, doctors & nurses and Welcome Center employees. “Welcome to the Outer Banks. We hope you have a BLAST!”
charlie
A good question to ask is……Sheriff Doughtie-What do you think of this law?..Has someone gotten through the national databank but you refused because of your local knowledge?
WindyBill
We will know for gooder or badder in 2 years or so. The decision standard must be “Did the law change cause or reduce the number of shootings?” Shootings could go either way based on other reasons. We Must look at which will be the case.
disgruntled
charlie , excellent question!
james, there is no way to begin conversation with you, turn off your electronic devices.
A to the B
@ james: the word is SECEDE, not succeed. As it turns out, N.C. did SUCCEED. Great job N.C. from a concerned Michigander.
Mike Raphone
@Edward Scott: They STILL have to get a Federal background check done (Federal Form 4473). The only difference is, we aren’t paying the Sheriff’s department $5 apiece to be allowed to do so.
@Anyone who says anyone responsible for this new law should be held liable, maybe if we enforced the gun laws already in place, we wouldn’t have such a problem. Please see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBwDzQ9gvxg I bet you won’t watch because it doesn’t fit your agenda.
@James. You are hopeless. and to echo what Disgruntled said – “there is no way to begin conversation with you, turn off your electronic devices”.
Alice in Wonderland
With all due respect, where the Democrats are currently in charge, like in Chicago and Detroit, crime and violence have taken over. That’s a fact and can be read about in the news every day!!! Pull your head out of the sand! Democrats have been in charge there for a very, very long time and those areas are riddled with crime. No thank you.
charlie
Folks dumping on james….He was being sarcastic.. But many of the underlying points he makes about what the republican party has done do ring true…For instance the law passed a few years ago when there was talk of fracking drilling would be done in our state.. Fracking uses nasty chemicals so they made a law that no matter what happens at a drill site nobody gets to know what chemicals were used except for first responders who were forbidden under law to announce the chemicals and dangers to the public……Yeah…they did this…
Johnny B. Good
Good job North Carolina!!
Look@See
@James
Yeah right 😂 that’s why all the blue cities are doing SOOOO much better.. seriously we are transplants. I’m a veteran and was stationed in NC, my city turned blue while I was in the service and went straight to crap. We moved here to be safe and give our children a chance to live a semi normal life, but yeah it’s “Republicans” fault that liberal cities are all violent crime ridden dumps.
bruce
I’m curious how this changes things – A VA guy moving to Oak Island soon – In VA there’s a background check done by the state and that’s it – No special permissions needed – I don’t believe VA legally purchased firearm owners are on a murderess rampage and now that’s coming to NC since the law change. Do you folks?
NC has carried auto opening knives forever – In VA the previous gov. said “These weapons have been deemed so dangerous the General Assy. has deemed them illegal”
Please – Give me a break.
Now, in July we’ll be able to carry auto openers – Should I believe the unwashed masses will now have an auto knife killing spree?
2A – If you’re not a felon and legally allowed to carry a firearm according to the 2A then you should carry – Why has there never been a mass school shooting in Utah? – No Sheriff was involved – Thanks folks,