Constitutional carry legislation cleared the North Carolina House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 7-4 on Tuesday.
the North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto and ended the state requirement for law-abiding citizens to acquire a permit in order to buy a handgun.that the North Carolina House Judiciary’s passage of constitutional carry legislation “comes two days before a parliamentary deadline for policy legislation to clear one legislative chamber so it can be considered through the remainder of the two-year session.
This means the bill will have to pass in one more committee and on the House floor in next two days in order to stay viable during this session.There are currently 27 constitutional carry states in the Union. Those states are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
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