RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a permit from a local sheriff, after the Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto a first since 2018. The House voted 71-46 to enact the bill, which eliminates the longstanding permit system requiring sheriffs to perform character […]
Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Democrat Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that repeals racist Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permit laws.
North Carolina House lawmakers voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's (D-NC) veto of a bill that would do away with background checks for handguns conducted by local law enforcement.