GRNC ALERT ACTION VITAL TO REPEAL PURCHASE PERMITS

 

Today, HB 398, “Pistol Purchase Permit Repeal,” passed the NC Senate Judiciary Committee despite vociferous objections by two committee Democrats, Natasha Marcus (D-Mecklenburg) and Mujtaba Mohammed (D-Mecklenburg).

Eloquent defense of the bill was provided by Rep. Jay Adams (R-Catawba) and Sen. Chuck Edwards (R- Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania), who pointed out that the NC Sheriffs Association supports the repeal and that under current law, potentially unqualified firearm buyers can bypass the NICS system by using purchase permits as old as five years. Thanks are also due to the sheriffs’ association, whose representative testified that advances in mental health reporting have made the permit law “duplicative.” 

As usual, Marcus and representatives of North Carolinians “Against Gun Violence” (formerly North Carolinians for Gun Control) promulgated mistruths about guns being purchased without background checks at gun shows and online sales, blithely ignoring the reality that the same laws apply in those venues as anywhere else. 

 

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