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GRNC ALERT
CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY (SB50)
MOVES TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
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HELP TO ADVANCE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY
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Let’s keep North Carolina rolling to the Gun Freedom map…
First of all, thanks to your fast action yesterday Senate Bill 50 (“Freedom to Carry NC”) has passed the J2 House Committee in a 6-5 Vote today. That’s the good news.
Democrats offered strong resistance to the permitless carry bill, SB 50, today in the NC House Judiciary 2 Committee. In addition to Rep. Deb Butler (D-New Hanover, GRNC 0-star) citing the usual dubious and unsubstantiated “statistics,” and Rep. Laura Budd (D-Mecklenburg, 0-star) using the typical false driver’s license analogy.
The bad news is that the DEMS in an allowed, but unusual and underhanded tactic, brought in an “ex-officio” committee member (Robert Reives)
to the J2 Committee to try and stack the deck against you. Minority Leader Robert Reives (D-Chatham, Randolph, 0-star) was there to bolster their attempt to defeat the bill in committee. (Party leaders are “floaters” who can vote on any committee, although the tactic is not often used.
Regardless of the usual leftist subterfuge, SB 50 passed the NC House J-2 Committee in a 6-5 party-line vote and now heads for the NC House Rules Committee. GRNC Legislative Action Team members Ken Stallings and Scott Jackomin represented GRNC at the meeting, with Stallings addressing the committee in favor of the bill.
The bill now moves on the the House Rules Committee for a hearing and vote. This vote is anticipated this week, likely Thursday June 5th.
It is imperative that you start to let the House Rules Committee Members know that you want this bill to advance and further remind them who “brung ’em to the dance,” and tell them what you expect them to do. The House Rules Committee hearing is coming, likely this Thursday, but start the pressure now with your calls and e-mails.
Below, you’ll find contact information along with text that you can use to easily phone and email the Republican committee members. We’ll let them know that now is the time for North Carolina to join the majority of states with permitless carry.
Remind them that we were denied permitless carry in 2023… We expect it in 2025.
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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
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- PHONE REPUBLICAN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Below, under ‘Contact Information,’ find the committee members’ phone numbers. Use the following script to insist that this bill passes their committee when they meet this week. Leave a voice mail if necessary. Please call them all if you can. If you can’t, call the first four on the list (the Chair and Vice-chairs).
Leave this message by phone:
“Republican members of the House Rules Committee need to remember the gun voters who gave them their majority by voting for permitless concealed carry
Senate Bill 50. We were denied permitless carry in 2023. We expect it in 2025.”
- EMAIL REPUBLICAN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE MEMBERS
: Below, under the ‘Contact Information,’ find a copy-paste list of email addresses, and use the copy-paste email text provided under the ‘Deliver This Message’ section, below.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NC HOUSE Rules Committee REPUBLICANS
(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
Phone Numbers
| House Rules Committee Representative |
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| John R. Bell, IV – Chair |
(919) 715-3017
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| Tricia Ann Cotham – Vice Chair |
(919) 733-5886
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Brenden H. Jones – Vice Chair
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(919) 733-5821
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| Erin Paré – Vice Chair |
(919) 733-2962
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| Donna McDowell White |
(919) 733-5605 |
Blair Eddins
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(919) 733-5935 |
| Jimmy Dixon |
(919) 715-3021 |
| John A. Torbett |
(919) 733-5868 |
| Sarah Stevens |
(919) 715-1883 |
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr.
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(919) 733-5779
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| Karl E. Gillespie |
(919) 733-5859 |
| Kelly E. Hastings |
(919) 715-2002 |
| Kyle Hall |
(919) 733-5609 |
| Neal Jackson |
(919) 715-4946 |
| Steve Tyson |
(919) 733-5853 |
| Ted Davis, Jr. |
(919) 733-5786 |
William D. Brisson
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(919) 733-5772
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Charles W. Miller
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(919) 733-5830
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DELIVER THIS MESSAGE
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Suggested Subject: “Vote Yes on SB50”
Dear House Rules Committee Member:
I am writing because I understand that SB50 (“Freedom to Carry NC”) is to be considered in your committee this week, and I want to voice my full support for this bill and encourage you to vote for it.
About three-fifths of our country’s states already have constitutional concealed carry in some form or another, and it is long past due for North Carolina. I am calling on you to make sure our state lives up to its “First in Freedom” moniker, and to not leave us languishing on this matter once again. We were promised Constitutional Carry in 2024. We’re expecting it in 2025.
In large part, gun voters are responsible for the majorities Republicans currently enjoy in the General Assembly, and I expect you to live up to the promise of conservative leadership that we voted for, including and especially when it comes to the Second Amendment. Vote to move SB50 forward.
I will be monitoring your actions on this important matter through legislative alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.
Respectfully,
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