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 Grass Roots North Carolina,  P.O. Box 10665, Raleigh, NC  27605  877-282-0939, https://grnc.org/wp/, Fax: 919-573-0354   
                                                        GRNC ALERT
 
 MOVE HB 439 THROUGH RULES COMMITTEE
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                                                        | ENCOURAGE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS ON
 HB 439 ALLOW CONCEALED CARRY OF A KNIFE
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                                                        | About  HB439
                                                        Current law denies the ability to concealed carry a blade weapon for self-defensive purposes.  HB 439 would allow concealed carry of currently prohibited knifes by law abiding citizens.We are thankful for Reps. Kidwell, Pike,
 and Ward  for their Primary sponsorship as well as Rep. Willingham; for the additional sponsorship and support.
 You can carry a gun for self defense but you can’t carry a knife? That’s crazy. But Keith Kidwell, and our friends at Knife Rights, have a bill that will fix all that. HB439 will make it legal for law abiding citizens to carry a knife for self defense.
 
 Why deny your ability to carry a knife for self-defense in areas that already wrongfully deny your ability to carry a handgun?
 
                                                        We greatly appreciate the support we’ve received from you and the rest of our members, but we must be diligent and make sure HB 427 makes it out of the House Rules committee to the full house vote. Below, you will find a message and contact information for the Rules Committee  House Republicans. Please contact them so that they know this bill has the support of gun-rights voters like you.
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                                                        IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED ENCOURAGE KEY HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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                                                            CONTACT NC House Republican Members of the House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House: Contact the Rules Committee
 Republican Members to encourage them to shepherd HB 439 through the process. Call and/or email them to advance HB 439 through Committee, and then to the House floor for a vote. 
                                                            The bill is due in committee on Monday April 28, 2025 at 4 PM , so get your e-mails and calls made well in advance. 
                                                            Below, find a copy-paste email list you can use to easily contact these representatives. Beneath that, in the Deliver This Message section, find the copy-paste message to use.  
CONTACT INFORMATION
 NC HOUSE  Rules Committee  REPUBLICANS (copy-paste email list):
 
 A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr., Blair Eddins, Brenden H. Jones – Vice Chair
 Charles W. Miller, Donna McDowell White, Erin Paré – Vice Chair
 Jimmy Dixon, John A. Torbett, John R. Bell, IV – Chair
 Karl E. Gillespie, Kelly E. Hastings, Kyle Hall, Neal Jackson
 Sarah Stevens, Steve Tyson, Ted Davis, Jr., Tricia Ann Cotham – Vice Chair
 William D. Brisson
 
 
 
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
 
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                                                        | DELIVER THIS MESSAGE |  
                                                        | Suggested Subject: Vote Yes on HB 439 Concealed Carry of a Knife
 
 
 
                                                        Dear Representative: NC Law says I can carry a handgun to defend my life but if I carry a concealed knife I’ll get arrested. Does that make any sense at all?
 
 HB 439 is a key step to protect law abiding NC residents by allowing them to carry a knife concealed.  The criminals already do this unlawfully, and it is high time the State of NC enabled private citizens to be able to protect themselves with a knife or a blade.
 We are urging you to support this legislation.
 
 As always, I will be monitoring your actions through the efforts of the Grass Roots NC legislative alerts and whether you stood with us on this important issue.
 
 
 Thank you for your consideration regarding this very important legislation.
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 
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                                                        |   We Need Alert WritersIn order to continue to offer these critical email alerts in a timely and effective fashion, GRNC needs more alert writers. If you have general writing ability, basic computer skills, a desire to defend the Bill of Rights, and a few hours a week, GRNC would love to bring you on board as an important member of our writing team. Note that a few hours a week, sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more, is a small tradeoff for the immense satisfaction you’ll feel after you have direct involvement in killing anti-gun bills, expanding gun rights, and stopping short the political careers of gun-grabbing legislators.
 
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 Please, we need you. If you feel at all called to pitch in and defend the Second Amendment, there is nothing better you could do than volunteer for North Carolina’s most effective, no-compromise gun rights organization, Grass Roots North Carolina. If interested, we’d love to hear from you, please email: alertwriter@grnc.org with the subject line: “Alert Writer Inquiry.” Thanks!
 
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 828-386-1406
 
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 919-781-1287
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   Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-807-2214. The license is not an endorsement by the State. 
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