NC Constitutional Carry May Become Law

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 CARRY A REALITY

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NC CONSTITUTIONAL
CARRY MAY BECOME LAW

 

Odds of NC becoming the 30th state to adopt permitless concealed handgun carry increased dramatically this week when Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Guilford, Rockingham, GRNC ***) signed on as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 50 (“Freedom to Carry NC”), which is nearly identical to Rep. Keith Kidwell’s House version, House Bill 5 (“NC Constitutional Carry”).

In the last session, Rep. Kidwell’s permitless carry bill, HB 189, died after the powerful Sen. Berger stated to the press that because the legislature had repealed our purchase permit law, legislators had no “need” to pass another gun bill.

Berger’s reversal this year signals that the Senate will likely fast track SB 50, thanks in large part to the 7,000-signature petition GRNC delivered to Berger in a press conference at his office, and to the many thousands of emails sent to him by GRNC supporters. GRNC thanks Sen. Berger for reconsidering his earlier reluctance to pass constitutional carry.

Both bills contain a relatively minor flaw regarding concealed carry on posted property which all sponsors have agreed to correct by amendment or “proposed committee substitute.” Other legislation will be introduced to broaden concealed carry to include knives and other weapons.

Primary sponsors for HB 5 are Reps. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, ****), Jay Adams (R-Catawba, ****), Ben Moss (R-Moore, Richmond, ****) and freshman Brian Echevarria (R-Cabarrus, ****). Primary sponsors for SB 50 are Sens. Danny Britt (R-Hoke, Robeson, Scotland, GRNC ****), Warren Daniel (R-Buncombe, Burke, McDowell ****), and Eddie Settle (R-Alexander, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin, ****). Both bills are currently in their respective Rules, Calendar and Operations committees. 


 

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!


  • IMMEDIATELY CONTACT REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP: Contact both Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and Speaker Destin Hall to thank them for their support and urging them to give prompt committee hearings to HB 5 and SB 50.  Use the links provided in the previous sentence for their contact information. Call and/or email the two leaders to thank them and to encourage them to advance these bills.  

  • IMMEDIATELY CONTACT ALL RULES COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS: Both Rules Committees (for House and Senate) need to hear loud and clear that you want a prompt committee hearing for HB 5 and SB 50. See contact information below. 
    Please send two messages. Below, find two copy-paste email lists, one for the House and one for the Senate. Below that, find the copy-paste email message. 


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CONTACT INFO
 

NC HOUSE Rules Committee (copy-paste email list):

Reece.Pyrtle@ncleg.gov; Blair.Eddins@ncleg.gov; Brenden.Jones@ncleg.gov; Charles.Miller@ncleg.gov; Donna.White@ncleg.gov; Erin.Pare@ncleg.gov; Jimmy.Dixon@ncleg.gov; John.Torbett@ncleg.gov; John.Bell@ncleg.gov; Karl.Gillespie@ncleg.gov; Kelly.Hastings@ncleg.gov; Kyle.Hall@ncleg.gov; Neal.Jackson@ncleg.gov; Sarah.Stevens@ncleg.gov; Steve.Tyson@ncleg.gov; Ted.Davis@ncleg.gov; Tricia.Cotham@ncleg.gov; William.Brisson@ncleg.gov



NC SENATE Rules Committee (copy-paste email list)

Amy.Galey@ncleg.gov; Benton.Sawrey@ncleg.gov; Bill.Rabon@ncleg.gov; Brent.Jackson@ncleg.gov; Danny.Britt@ncleg.gov; Lisa.Barnes@ncleg.gov; Michael.Lazzara@ncleg.gov; Michael.Lee@ncleg.gov; Norman.Sanderson@ncleg.gov; Paul.Newton@ncleg.gov; Ralph.Hise@ncleg.gov; Todd.Johnson@ncleg.gov; Tom.McInnis@ncleg.gov; Vickie.Sawyer@ncleg.gov; Warren.Daniel@ncleg.gov 


DELIVER THIS MESSAGE


Suggested Subject: “
Advance Constitutional Carry Bills HB 5 & SB 50”  

 

Dear Rules Committee Members: 

As a Grass Roots North Carolina member, I thank you for your support and strongly urge you to give a prompt committee hearing to permitless or “constitutional” carry bills HB 5 and SB 50.

Fully 29 states have already adopted constitutional carry, with none of its naysayers’ dire predictions coming true. In fact, the Crime Prevention Research Center finds a small but significant reduction in violent crime among states which adopt permitless carry.

North Carolina Republicans are now lagging their counterparts in other states. Accordingly, I strongly urge you to bring constitutional carry to a prompt committee hearing and floor vote.

I will be monitoring your actions through Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.

Respectfully, 

 

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