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Sheriffs’ Association Relents
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Repealing Permit Law
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As you probably know, North Carolina’s Jim Crow-era pistol purchase system, originally passed in 1919 to prevent minorities from buying handguns, is now being used by sheriffs in Wake, Mecklenburg, and Guilford counties to obstruct lawful citizens from obtaining handguns for self-protection.
In particular, Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker unilaterally announced he would completely stop issuing permits, ostensibly due to the pandemic, until sued by Grass Roots North Carolina and others. Even then, he continued to slow-walk permits in violation of state law requiring they be issued in 14 days until GRNC sued him yet again.
GRNC has been trying to repeal the purchase permit law for nearly 20 years, once even getting it through the NC Senate until the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA), which has always opposed repeal, convinced then-Governor Pat McCrory to veto our omnibus gun bill if it contained the repeal, forcing it to be stripped from the bill.
But now is our chance. Thanks to NCSA president Sheriff David Mahoney, the NCSA recently voted to support the repeal of the racist law, under which counties still reject black applicants at a rate three times that of whites.
Now HB 398, which originally had a more modest impact on improving purchase permit availability, will be changed tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon in the NC House Judiciary 4 Committee to enact a full repeal of the purchase permit law, meaning background checks for gun purchases will be done at the point of sale. You must ACT NOW to repeal this archaic, racist, and obstructionist law
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Suggested Subject: “Repeal Purchase Permit Law!”
Dear Representative:
At long last, the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association supports repeal of our Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permit law. As depicted in a recent NC Law Review paper, black applicants are being denied permits at a rate three times that of whites, revealing that racism in permit issuance continues to this day.
Moreover, sheriffs in Wake, Mecklenburg and Guilford counties are using the law to obstruct lawful citizens from obtaining handguns for self-defense, even as rising civil unrest around the country makes it more vital than ever that citizens have the means to defend their families.
I strongly encourage you to support repeal of the archaic permit law, after which background checks for gun purchases will be done at the point of sale. I will continue to monitor this issue through Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.
Respectfully,
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