no no no. I was only saying that there IS a felony level for personal possession in NC. I was only speculating that perhaps he unwittingly plead to that level. I read the article and took it to mean that he plead to possession. The reporter then looked up possession in NC and saw that it had levels that are not felonies and couldn’t figure out why this would be considered one. I was SPECULATING that PERHAPS it was somehow recorded as the over 1.5 gram felony. I did not mean to imply i had any information outside of this article.
Kelly's disqualification may in fact be unjustified under current law, which bars gun sales to people convicted of felonies but not misdemeanors (except for misdemeanors involving domestic violence). Unless the feds are treating what North Carolina called a misdemeanor as a felony for some reason, Kelly's pot conviction should not be covered by that provision.
As to your other point about what constitutes a felony for pot possession I think it's quite possible that NC law has changed in the last 42 years.