The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association (NCSA) is pressuring both House Speaker Thom Tillis (R, Mecklenburg, GRNC ****) and NC Governor Pat McCrory
(R, GRNC-***) to oppose GRNC's repeal of the antiquated pistol purchase
permit system that has been in place since 1919. As part of omnibus gun
bill HB 937, which contains restaurant and limited campus carry, the
purchase permit law would be repealed IF the House votes to concur with Senate improvements to the bill and IF Gov. McCrory doesn't veto it.
Felons with purchase permits
The
purchase permit law slated for elimination through HB 937 was designed
to grant discriminatory power to NC Sheriffs and enable them to
subjectively deny handguns to whoever they consider “undesirable." To
this day, several counties abuse the permit system in ways that make it
difficult for law-abiding citizens to rightfully obtain handguns.
Ironically, as documented by The Charlotte Observer, the law sheriffs defend is letting untold numbers of felons bypass background checks to buy guns. Why? Because the untrackable slips of paper issued by sheriffs after background checks can't be repealed and are good for 5 years. Eliminating the system would mean that checks using the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) would be done at the point of sale.
Sheriffs want money & power
Beyond
the power to deny purchase permits for arbitrary reasons by claiming
applicants don't have "good moral character" (whatever that means),
consider the fact that currently proposed legislation will double the fees sheriffs collect. Are Sheriffs refusing to do what's right in order to maintain a cash cow worth millions?
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