The constitutional carry legislation that passed the North Carolina Senate by a vote of 26 to 18 passed out of a House committee Tuesday.
The legislation is SB 50.
WECT reported, “Currently, North Carolina gun owners need to be at least 21 years old, pass a background check and complete a gun safety class to get a concealed carry permit. The new law would only require gun owners to be over 18, a U.S. citizen and be legally allowed to have a firearm.”
SB 50 passed out of the House committee on a party line vote, with six Republicans voting for it and five Democrats voting against it.
WRAL quoted bill sponsor state Sen. Danny Britt (R) saying, “Good people with guns stop bad people with guns.”
If SB 50 makes it through the House and is signed into law it will make North Carolina the 30th constitutional carry state in the Union.
The other 29 constitutional carry states are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].
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