NC GOP Folds, Stands with Gabby Giffords for Handgun Restrictions

breitbart.com ^ | 6/18/2015 | AWR Hawkins

[rktman]

On June 16, North Carolina’s GOP-controlled house sided with Gabby Giffords and voted 78-37 to keep handgun purchasing restrictions in place for law-abiding North Carolinians.

As recently as June 7—just four days after New Jersey’s Carol Bowne was stabbed to death while waiting for state permission to own a gun for self-defense—Breitbart News reported that Giffords & Co. were pushing to make sure North Carolinians had to continue seeking state permission for handgun purchases via a permit-to-purchase requirement which is very similar to the one in New Jersey.

[rktman]

"NC gop folds.............". DOH! Okay, all those that are even a little bit surprised at the lead in to this, raise your hands. No really. Raise your hands. Hmmm. Don't see any hands raised. Guess us folks in NV ain't alone in our disappointment in the gopE controlled legislature that was (s)elected in the last voting session. At least here in NV there out of session until '17.

[null and void]

GOP folds. Now there’s a headline you don’t see every day...

[exit82]

NC GOP folds...unexpected!

[tgusa]

lmao

[gorush]

[FlingWingFlyer]

It appears that the GOP is still looking for a “battle” to “pick and choose” from to fight. Idiots.

[null and void]

[cuban leaf]

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a #uniparty.

More and more people will get this as they become more obvious.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I have a three-dollar card table that does not fold as easily as the Pubbies.

[envisio]

I live in NC all my life.

I am a law-abiding citizen and I have purchased dozens of firearms over the years. Pistols, long guns, crossbows... even a couple along the way that required a federal stamp. I have bought and sold with FFL dealers and individuals.
I have NEVER had a problem buying or selling or owning or carrying or transporting or shooting or displaying a weapon. (Did I mention I am law-abiding?)

With the way NC gun laws are now, they are fine. I will not get all bent out of shape because a detail in the purchasing of a weapon was defeated at my dismay. I actually feel blessed that I don’t live in a more restrictive state.

[GenXteacher]

I’m inclined to agree with you. We are far from being Illinois or New Jersey or some other dunghill in the matter of firearms ownership.