RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill greatly expanding where concealed handguns are legally allowed. The Republican-backed bill approved by both the House and Senate on Tuesday allows concealed-carry permit holders to take firearms into bars and restaurants and other places where alcohol is served, parades, and funeral processions as long as owners or organizers don't expressly forbid it. The measure now heads to Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's desk. The bill will also allow concealed-carry permit holders to store weapons in locked cars on the campus of any public school or university, or a state government parking...
