NC General Assembly to consider changing concealed carry law

HOLLY RIDGE, NC (WWAY) — A new bill in the General Assembly could change North Carolina’s gun laws.

Senate Republicans have filed a proposal allowing people to conceal carry without a permit.

As it stands now, North Carolina residents can open carry without a permit—but in order to have their gun concealed, they must be over 21, pass a gun safety course, and meet some residency requirements to acquire a permit.

Proponents, like owner of Surf City Guns and Ammo Dorothy Royal, feel the legislation is overdue.

“There’s several other states that have already instituted the constitutional carry, and I’m a firm believer that all Americans should be legally allowed to carry a firearm if they’re not felons, and they don’t have anything on their record that would prohibit them from purchasing, they should be able to carry,” Royal expressed.

If passed, North Carolina would join 30 other states that allow concealed carry without a permit.