Posted on 03/30/2023 5:07:59 AM PDT by marktwain
On March 24, 2023, Governor Roy Cooper (D) of North Carolina vetoed SB 41, which would remove the Jim Crow era requirement to obtain permission from the Sheriff to purchase or transfer a pistol in the state. Federal background checks would still be required. Governor Cooper vetoed a similar measure in 2021.
Critics of the law have claimed it was used as a means of discrimination to keep black people disarmed.
The bill, SB 41, passed with veto-proof majorities in the House and in the Senate.
The Senate has 50 members. 30 of them are Republicans.
In the House, there are 120 members. 71 of them are Republicans.
In North Carolina, 3/5 of each chamber is necessary to override a governor’s veto. That is 30 votes in the Senate and 72 votes in the House. Therefore one Democratic vote is needed in the House to override the Governor Roy Cooper’s desire to keep the Jim Crow era law in place. Commercial sales of firearms would still be required to be conducted through federally licensed dealers using the FBI National Instant background Check System (NICS).
Here is an overview of the law from the North Carolina legislature:
OVERVIEW: Senate Bill 41 would:
•Authorize an individual who has a valid concealed handgun permit, or who is exempt from obtaining that permit, to carry a handgun in a place of religious worship that is also educational property if:
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
"What exactly does North Carolina’s repeal of pistol purchase permit laws mean?"
Mecklenburg.
I’m In Mecklenburg and we had to go thru an online system called Permitium. Download forms, print them, fill them out, get them signed and notarized, scan them, upload them to Permitium...and wait. I could access my Permitium acct but it seemed stuck on “processing” to the point I thought the system was broken. Bear in mind, this was towards the end of the COVID Monster, so “short-staffed”, “working from home”, etc, I guess. I called the Sheriff’s Office, and the guy I spoke to was nice and helpful. He said “Yes”, they were months behind.
All we’re doing is paying to be regulated.
Depended on where you were. Anti-gun sheriff’s offices could slow-roll the permits to make it more of a PITA to purchase a handgun. Durham County was infamous for that.
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There’s the problem. You should move to Iredell, lower taxes, less crime, better Sheriff, $5 when the Wife went to get her paper a few years ago and walked out with 2 of them same day. Got a spare while there.
Thankfully no longer needed.
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