Omnibus Legislation Signed into Law

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

Full text of the bill is available by clicking this link.