Recent content by TrapperBob

Just heard about this bill to repeal Stand Your Ground in NC (http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H723v0.pdf). If passed the law would now impose a duty to retreat if possible, except in your home. I'm not sure it has the votes to go anywhere in the state assembly though. I...

Take a look at the NC DOJ web site on firearm laws. (Link Removed) My (non-lawyer) reading is that you can purchase a pistol from a private person at 18 as long as you have a pistol purchase permit, and can carry it openly in your vehicle. (But again, I am not a lawyer, so this is my personal...

NC's permit has wide recognition. I don't know if it's the 'best', but it is very good. This is from the USA Carry map. Blue = accepts NC, Red = Doesn't accept NC Link Removed

NC recognizes all permits issued by all other states. Here's the actual wording from the Department of Justice website: "Effective December 1, 2011, North Carolina automatically recognizes concealed carry permits issued in any other state." (Link Removed) There's nothing in law that would...

The exact definition of 'concealed' isn't spelled out in NC law (Link Removed), but having volunteered with a law enforcement agency and interacted with quite a few LEOs I can say that virtually all NC LEOs I know would consider the firearm 'concealed' in the situation you describe. If caught...

You can get a Virginia non-resident permit and carry in NC, even as a NC resident. NC recognizes all permits issued by any other state. Quote from DoJ website: " Effective December 1, 2011, North Carolina automatically recognizes concealed carry permits issued in any other state." Direct link...

Just thought I'd let people interested know that it took 7 weeks for my Arizona permit, came today. They had originally said 6 to 8 weeks, and they hit the average.

It just occurred to me Saturday: I get a sheriff's permit, I buy a handgun. What happens to the permit I turn over to the FFL (or private seller, since that still requires the purchase permit)? When we get a Handgun Purchase Permit from the sheriff's office, does anyone know if the sheriff...

I'm a NC resident who carries with a VA non-resident permit. The issue was discussed briefly among some legislators last year or maybe the year before, but they decided that since NC recognizes any permit from any state that making an exception for situations like this would just complicate a...

Just a curiosity question, anyone carry a single action revolver as a carry gun? I sometimes carry one as a woods gun where my primary concern is 4-legged creatures, but not as a normal carry gun.

Open carry in NC is 'permitted' except where local laws prohibit the display of firearms. Open carry is not specifically legally permitted, actually, it just isn't specifically prohibited either, so the reason you find vague answers is that the law is rather vague. Cary and Chapel Hill are...