Grass Roots North Carolina / Forum For Firearms Education
Post Office Box 10665, Raleigh, NC 27605
877.282.0939 (Phone) 919.573.0354 (Fax) www.GRNC.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E-mail: president@GRNC.org
Release date: February 4, 2024
Solving the 'red book' problem
Recent news stories have been circulating, possibly at the behest of Harvey Morse, who heads what he calls the NC Concealed Carry Instructors Association, which incorrectly claims to be the voice for concealed carry instructors but, in fact, has been hyping a non-issue.
Specifically, Morse & Co. are griping about the Concealed Carry Handgun Training “red book,” which is mandated by the NC Criminal Justice Standards Division for concealed carry students. Morse complains that the cost of the book is too high and that it should be provided in a free pdf format.
What Morse apparently seems to ignore is the fact that the staff for the concealed handgun system is self-funded using proceeds from the book. At present, if there are no book sales, there can be no concealed carry permit.
Rather than grousing about the cost of red books, the correct solution is to seek legislative redress from the General Assembly by allocating funding for the program. GRNC is addressing in two ways: First, we are pushing for House Bill 189, a permitless concealed carry bill which will remove the need for concealed handgun permits while keeping the permit system in place for reciprocity with other states and as a statutory substitute for the computerized National Instant Background Check System (NICS).
Second, in the next session of the General Assembly, GRNC will pursue legislation to independently fund the program, removing the need for funding through the red book and allowing transition to a free pdf format. Moreover, as Morse should be aware, GRNC addressed this concept in comments to the NC Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission (NCCJETSC) in earlier hearings. NCCJETSC supports the idea of legislative funding, suggesting it should be a relative “Slam Dunk” in the legislature.
Founded in 1994, Grass Roots North Carolina is an all-volunteer 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to preserving individual liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights with emphasis on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
####################################################################
- Press release: Josh Stein’s NCDOJ still meddling with concealed handgun training standards
- Judge allows suit against McFadden to move forward
- Press Release: Proposed concealed handgun changes: GRNC position
- Press Release: NC gun rights suit hits hearing today
- Open letter to Speaker Tim Moore
- Press release: Historic gun rights victory in Raleigh
- Press release: Churches need protection
- Cooper veto helps thousands of felons get guns
- Over-riding Governor Roy Cooper’s Veto
- Press release: Gun rights victory at NC General Assembly
- Press Release: Lies Democrats tell you
- Black advocacy groups put politics ahead of those they claim to represent
- Purchase permit repeal and church carry pass NC Senate
- NC GUN BILLS GET COMMITTEE HEARINGS
- BILL INTRODUCED TO REPEAL JIM CROW PISTOL PERMIT SYSTEM IN NORTH CAROLINA
- 5th Circuit strikes down bump stock ban
- Open letter to Speaker Moore from GRNC
- Open letter to Sen. Berger from GRNC
- Gun Group Files for Preliminary Injunction in Mecklenburg County Grass Roots North Carolina, Gun Owners of America & Mecklenburg residents file motion for preliminary injunction over obstructionism by Sheriff Garry McFadden
- Press Release: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Sued Again Over Handgun Permits
- Are fair elections still possible in the U.S.?
- Press release: Sending Budd to Senate, NC Gun Voters Bucked Other States’ ‘Red Ripple’
- NC Gun Voters Win Big
- GRNC Delivers 1+ Million Ted Budd Ads to Gun Voters
- Radio show press release: The onslaught picks up steam