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A RACIST LAW NEEDS TO END |
The latest round of shenanigans by the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association and our state legislature leave no doubt that the only proper course of action is to put North Carolina’s racist Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permitting in the trash bin.
Enacted during the Jim Crow era as a way to prevent African Americans from purchasing handguns, North Carolina’s pistol purchase permit system has long been sold as a “public safety measure,” when it is anything but. Not only did it give sheriffs wide latitude to deny someone the right to purchase a handgun, but it also creates a dangerous safety loophole that allow criminals to circumvent point-of-sale background checks.
The right to keep and bear arms can never be subject to the whims of elected officials, and Grass Roots North Carolina has worked tirelessly to ensure that the permitting process (like the concealed handgun permitting process) remains “shall issue” (meaning that a sheriff can not arbitrarily deny a permit.) The well-funded anti-freedom movement has worked hard to perpetuate this racism under the auspices of “public safety,” and it’s now clear that the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association pays the same lip service to the second amendment as does the proliferation of Bloomberg-funded anti-gun astroturf groups.
Here’s the irony: the pistol purchase permits create a massive loophole for criminals to purchase firearms through legitimate channels of commerce. A pistol purchase permit is good for 5 years, and there is absolutely no mechanism in place through which a permit can be revoked if the bearer becomes, for instance, a convicted felon. The permit allows the purchaser to completely circumvent the NICS FBI background check normally done at the point of sale.
A racist law that makes us less safe … one has to wonder why some politicians and the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association keep supporting this terrible legislation. Is it the profit motive for the sheriffs? Is it the mere desire for control? Do these groups want criminals to get guns?
Isn’t it time that our politicians and the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association speak up and tell us the truth?
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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!
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- POINT: Send an email to the Republican members of the NC Senate letting them know exactly how you feel about the Pistol Purchase Permit.
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Suggested Subject: “Repeal NC’s Racist Jim Crow Pistol Purchase Permit NOW!”
Dear Senators:
The pistol purchase permit system provides criminals with a dangerous loophole: since there is no mechanism for a Sheriff to revoke a pistol purchase permit, someone could be convicted of a felony and still circumvent the NICS background check with a pistol purchase permit in hand. Furthermore, we have seen how deeply-pocketed special interests like Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun organizations and the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association will try to further their elitist agenda with the same capriciousness that Jim Crow-era sheriffs used the pistol purchase permitting process to deny African Americans the right to keep and bear arms.
North Carolina is no place for dangerous, racist legislation like this, and the people of this state deserve nothing less than a full repeal of this Jim Crow law.
I will be monitoring your actions on this issue closely through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.
Respectfully,
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