North Carolina to End Pistol Purchase Permit System After GOP Lawmakers Override Democrat Governor's Veto
Posted on AllSides March 30th, 2023
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Republican North Carolina lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill repealing the state’s pistol purchase permit system, enabling the repeal effort to proceed. The Republican-controlled North Carolina House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 41 earlier this month. The bill, which passed in both the House and Senate on party-line votes, repeals a state law that makes it illegal to buy, sell, or transfer a pistol without a permit issued by their local sheriff’s office. On March 24, Cooper vetoed the Republican bill, which he said eliminated a...
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