Gun Owners of America (GOA) just informed me about the Republican Party’s diabolical plan to effectively transform North Carolina’s concealed carry permit (CHP) application structure from “shall issue” to “may issue.” I see that Republican senators have snuck language into S 90’s Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) that would grant sheriffs unchecked power to deny concealed carry permits to any applicant, at any time, for effectively any reason or no reason at all. This is the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on the Pistol Purchase Permit application language that ought to be removed (not added elsewhere). S 90 adds a new paragraph that would require a Class A handgun carry permit applicant to “qualify for a Class B [pistol purchase] permit.” [See Section 14-415.12(5)(a1)(2).] Requirements for a pistol purchase permit date back to the Jim Crow laws following the Civil War, and include a subjective finding that the applicant is of “good moral character.” And, although the new language tries to assure gun owners that they can’t look into the applicant’s “criminal history” more than five years back, there is still enough leeway to allow virtually any applicant to be denied a Class A carry permit by an anti-gun sheriff. GOA’s legal team agrees that a person’s “criminal history” could include any parking ticket, speeding ticket, or minor misdemeanor charge -- even if the prosecutor did not move forward with the charge. So the new class of potential disqualifiers becomes so enormous that the decision on whether to issue a license effectively becomes subjective. This is unacceptable! I am incensed that the members of the Republican Party would even consider such an anti-gun scheme. North Carolina is not New York, New Jersey or even Maryland, and gun voters will not allow this state to be transformed into one of those states. Instead of this anti-gun behemoth, I urge you to push for and pass a true Constitutional Carry law and to repeal the antiquated, “Jim Crow” purchase permit so that law-abiding citizens can freely exercise their Second Amendment rights in North Carolina. Put a stop to S 90’s anti-gun PCS now. Gun Owners of America will be monitoring your actions and be keeping me informed on this critical matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) just informed me about the Republican Party’s diabolical plan to effectively transform North Carolina’s concealed carry permit (CHP) application structure from “shall issue” to “may issue.” I see that Republican senators have snuck language into S 90’s Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) that would grant sheriffs unchecked power to deny concealed carry permits to any applicant, at any time, for effectively any reason or no reason at all. This is the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on the Pistol Purchase Permit application language that ought to be removed (not added elsewhere). S 90 adds a new paragraph that would require a Class A handgun carry permit applicant to “qualify for a Class B [pistol purchase] permit.” [See Section 14-415.12(5)(a1)(2).] Requirements for a pistol purchase permit date back to the Jim Crow laws following the Civil War, and include a subjective finding that the applicant is of “good moral character.” And, although the new language tries to assure gun owners that they can’t look into the applicant’s “criminal history” more than five years back, there is still enough leeway to allow virtually any applicant to be denied a Class A carry permit by an anti-gun sheriff. GOA’s legal team agrees that a person’s “criminal history” could include any parking ticket, speeding ticket, or minor misdemeanor charge -- even if the prosecutor did not move forward with the charge. So the new class of potential disqualifiers becomes so enormous that the decision on whether to issue a license effectively becomes subjective. This is unacceptable! I am incensed that the members of the Republican Party would even consider such an anti-gun scheme. North Carolina is not New York, New Jersey or even Maryland, and gun voters will not allow this state to be transformed into one of those states. Instead of this anti-gun behemoth, I urge you to push for and pass a true Constitutional Carry law and to repeal the antiquated, “Jim Crow” purchase permit so that law-abiding citizens can freely exercise their Second Amendment rights in North Carolina. Put a stop to S 90’s anti-gun PCS now. Gun Owners of America will be monitoring your actions and be keeping me informed on this critical matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) just informed me about the Republican Party’s diabolical plan to effectively transform North Carolina’s concealed carry permit (CHP) application structure from “shall issue” to “may issue.” I see that Republican senators have snuck language into S 90’s Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) that would grant sheriffs unchecked power to deny concealed carry permits to any applicant, at any time, for effectively any reason or no reason at all. This is the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on the Pistol Purchase Permit application language that ought to be removed (not added elsewhere). S 90 adds a new paragraph that would require a Class A handgun carry permit applicant to “qualify for a Class B [pistol purchase] permit.” [See Section 14-415.12(5)(a1)(2).] Requirements for a pistol purchase permit date back to the Jim Crow laws following the Civil War, and include a subjective finding that the applicant is of “good moral character.” And, although the new language tries to assure gun owners that they can’t look into the applicant’s “criminal history” more than five years back, there is still enough leeway to allow virtually any applicant to be denied a Class A carry permit by an anti-gun sheriff. GOA’s legal team agrees that a person’s “criminal history” could include any parking ticket, speeding ticket, or minor misdemeanor charge -- even if the prosecutor did not move forward with the charge. So the new class of potential disqualifiers becomes so enormous that the decision on whether to issue a license effectively becomes subjective. This is unacceptable! I am incensed that the members of the Republican Party would even consider such an anti-gun scheme. North Carolina is not New York, New Jersey or even Maryland, and gun voters will not allow this state to be transformed into one of those states. Instead of this anti-gun behemoth, I urge you to push for and pass a true Constitutional Carry law and to repeal the antiquated, “Jim Crow” purchase permit so that law-abiding citizens can freely exercise their Second Amendment rights in North Carolina. Put a stop to S 90’s anti-gun PCS now. Gun Owners of America will be monitoring your actions and be keeping me informed on this critical matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) just informed me about the Republican Party’s diabolical plan to effectively transform North Carolina’s concealed carry permit (CHP) application structure from “shall issue” to “may issue.” I see that Republican senators have snuck language into S 90’s Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) that would grant sheriffs unchecked power to deny concealed carry permits to any applicant, at any time, for effectively any reason or no reason at all. This is the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on the Pistol Purchase Permit application language that ought to be removed (not added elsewhere). S 90 adds a new paragraph that would require a Class A handgun carry permit applicant to “qualify for a Class B [pistol purchase] permit.” [See Section 14-415.12(5)(a1)(2).] Requirements for a pistol purchase permit date back to the Jim Crow laws following the Civil War, and include a subjective finding that the applicant is of “good moral character.” And, although the new language tries to assure gun owners that they can’t look into the applicant’s “criminal history” more than five years back, there is still enough leeway to allow virtually any applicant to be denied a Class A carry permit by an anti-gun sheriff. GOA’s legal team agrees that a person’s “criminal history” could include any parking ticket, speeding ticket, or minor misdemeanor charge -- even if the prosecutor did not move forward with the charge. So the new class of potential disqualifiers becomes so enormous that the decision on whether to issue a license effectively becomes subjective. This is unacceptable! I am incensed that the members of the Republican Party would even consider such an anti-gun scheme. North Carolina is not New York, New Jersey or even Maryland, and gun voters will not allow this state to be transformed into one of those states. Instead of this anti-gun behemoth, I urge you to push for and pass a true Constitutional Carry law and to repeal the antiquated, “Jim Crow” purchase permit so that law-abiding citizens can freely exercise their Second Amendment rights in North Carolina. Put a stop to S 90’s anti-gun PCS now. Gun Owners of America will be monitoring your actions and be keeping me informed on this critical matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) just informed me about the Republican Party’s diabolical plan to effectively transform North Carolina’s concealed carry permit (CHP) application structure from “shall issue” to “may issue.” I see that Republican senators have snuck language into S 90’s Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) that would grant sheriffs unchecked power to deny concealed carry permits to any applicant, at any time, for effectively any reason or no reason at all. This is the same shameful Jim Crow-era language that still exists on the Pistol Purchase Permit application language that ought to be removed (not added elsewhere). S 90 adds a new paragraph that would require a Class A handgun carry permit applicant to “qualify for a Class B [pistol purchase] permit.” [See Section 14-415.12(5)(a1)(2).] Requirements for a pistol purchase permit date back to the Jim Crow laws following the Civil War, and include a subjective finding that the applicant is of “good moral character.” And, although the new language tries to assure gun owners that they can’t look into the applicant’s “criminal history” more than five years back, there is still enough leeway to allow virtually any applicant to be denied a Class A carry permit by an anti-gun sheriff. GOA’s legal team agrees that a person’s “criminal history” could include any parking ticket, speeding ticket, or minor misdemeanor charge -- even if the prosecutor did not move forward with the charge. So the new class of potential disqualifiers becomes so enormous that the decision on whether to issue a license effectively becomes subjective. This is unacceptable! I am incensed that the members of the Republican Party would even consider such an anti-gun scheme. North Carolina is not New York, New Jersey or even Maryland, and gun voters will not allow this state to be transformed into one of those states. Instead of this anti-gun behemoth, I urge you to push for and pass a true Constitutional Carry law and to repeal the antiquated, “Jim Crow” purchase permit so that law-abiding citizens can freely exercise their Second Amendment rights in North Carolina. Put a stop to S 90’s anti-gun PCS now. Gun Owners of America will be monitoring your actions and be keeping me informed on this critical matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.