North Carolina Gun Sales Soar After Repeal of Unconstitutional Purchase Permit Law

AmmoLand ^ | May 15, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

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On March 29, 2023, the North Carolina legislature overrode Governor (D) Roy Cooper’s veto, eliminating the unconstitutional state requirement to obtain a permit to purchase a pistol.

The permit system was put into operation in 1919, with a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and racism, during the Woodrow Wilson presidency. It was in place for 103 years. It is a classic example of a statute that effectively chills the exercise of a Constitutionally protected right. To see how effective the statute was in chilling rights protected by the Second Amendment, consider handgun sales, as measured by the NICS system, in April 2022 and April 2023. The Bill, SB41, became law when the veto was overridden on 29 March 2023. The law’s potential chilling effect was removed for the entire month of April, 2023.

If there was a significant chilling effect on the exercise of rights protected by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights, there should be an increase in handgun sales in April of 2023.

The handgun and long gun sales, as measured by the NICS system, in April of 2022, were:

• handguns   1,655
• long guns  12,435

The handgun and long gun sales, as measured by the NICS system, in April of 2023, were:

• Handguns  46,040
• Long guns 11,984

This is significant proof of an enormous chilling effect on the exercise of rights protected by the Second Amendment.

Handgun sales increased more than 27-fold after the law producing the chilling effect was repealed.

The total handgun sales in North Carolina were only 22,109 in 2022. After the law was repealed, in one month, handgun sales more than doubled over the entire previous year.

In the Bruen decision, the Supreme Court declared the Second Amendment is not a second-class right.

[Billthedrill]

There was a big sign on the sidewalk out front: “Permit no longer required to purchase a gun! Come on in!”

Nothing like starting my day with a smile...

[JimRed]

I think you need a permit to buy in NY.

The second amendment forbids infringement on that right. If it can be denied, it is no longer a right; it has become a privilege. The second amendment must prevail.