Governor Pat McCrory signed the GRNC-backed Omnibus Gun Legislation House Bill 562 into law yesterday. This important bill was a huge victory that both our House and Senate fought for. Among the victories for gun owners in North Carolina:
- Expanded campus carry (and giving an affirmative defense for defensive gun use on campus)
- Reduced penalties for carriage onto posted premises Expanded sport shooting range protection
- Reductions in arbitrary permit denials for both concealed handgun permits and pistol purchase permits while reducing the number of disqualifying prior offenses for those permits
- A new cause of action against local governments which violate our statewide firearms preemption law
- A requirement for sheriffs to sign Form 4s for qualified Title II applicants
- A provision for legal resident aliens to get concealed handgun permits Short-barreled rifle hunting in addition to the suppressor hunting passed in 2013