JOHNSTON COUNTY – Sheriff Steve Bizzell has announced that effective March 29, 2023, pistol purchase permits will no longer be issued by any Sheriff in North Carolina. The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office has stopped processing pistol purchase permit applications including pending applications.
All state laws regarding the issuance of pistol purchase permits by sheriff’s in North Carolina were repealed on Wednesday morning following a vote by the General Assembly to override the Governor’s veto of Senate Bill 41, Guarantee 2nd Amendment Freedom and Protections.
This means any person who wants to purchase or transfer a handgun in North Carolina no longer has to apply to the sheriff for a pistol purchase permit. However, any person who wants to purchase a handgun through a firearms dealer will still undergo the background check required under current law, at the time of purchase, and either be sold the handgun or denied sale if the background check indicates the person is disqualified from possessing a firearm.
Criminal penalties still apply for anyone that knowingly transfers a handgun to a person who may not lawfully possession the firearm (such as a convicted felon). Therefore, it is important for citizens to remember that anyone wishing to obtain or transfer any firearm, including a handgun, must still comply with federal and State laws governing who may lawfully possess a firearm, Sheriff Bizzell said.
It is important to understand that North Carolina concealed handgun laws have not changed, Sheriff Bizzell said. Any person residing in Johnston County wishing to carry a concealed handgun in North Carolina must still apply for and be issued a concealed handgun permit by the sheriff.
Great day for liberty and our Constitution. Amen.
Finally!!! Easier access to guns for everyone! Glad to see thr state moving in the right direction!
Yes we are finally moving in the direction of the constitution. Now if the state would just grow some balls and tell the ATF to go pubs sand.
Took just 104 years to grant blacks the rights to self protection. Gun control has always been about control. Give them your scary looking guns now and never live as a free person. Or maybe in another 100 to 200 years.
Now get rid of the conceal carry permit. Criminals do not follow the law and will carry regardless. Time to stop making us wait and to get permission to carry concealed. Thugs and criminals don’t follow the law.
It’s about time. I thought it was the most ridiculous thing to require a handgun purchase permit. I couldn’t believe it. I thought they were pulling my leg when we moved to NC almost 15yrs ago
One step closer to freedom and following the 2nd amendment!
Repeal concealed carry permits and allow anyone who wants to carry or open carry!
Most corrupt cops in America
Our LEO’s are out there protecting you day and night and are willing to put there lives on the line to keep you safe. This new gun law has nothing to do about the Police for you to pass a comment like that and this new law puts our LEO’s in more danger then they have ever been in before. Most LEO’s in North Carolina are good men and women and yes, there is always a bad apple in a crowd no matter what the carrier choice is.
How does this new law put the cops in danger? The criminals are still going to do whatever they want with guns and lawful people who sell guns to others will still do it on the up and up. No added risk to cops at all!
I love the police and believe they are severely underpaid for what they do every single day to keep us and our communities safe. This bill has nothin to do with their safety.
What are you talking about, did you even read the article?
Who?
By all means James, please provide some proof to such an extreme claim. We’re all on pins and needles here hoping that you could shed some light on such a mystery.
The concealed carry permit is a cash cow for North Carolina
and they will never give up that revenue….
I want me pistol permit money back 🤑
Won’t this mean more guns on the street
Well considering people still have to undergo the back ground check I don’t think that you are going to see thugs and felons running up to buy firearms the legal way. They will continue to buy them from street guys that steal them from legal owners. Hopefully all this does is make it easier for law abiding citizens to own the firearms they wish to.
Yep, let’s see Two people with CC permits arrested in the last month for carrying a gun in schools, in the last 4 months two children shot with guns that their irresponsible gun owner parents couldn’t secure. That’s all we need in joco more stupid people with guns.
I promise not to protect you with my guns.
Haha, some of ya’ll are just jealous because you don’t have the guts to own one and properly train with it. Haters gonna hate.
Lol let me guess big guy. You carry 2 under your arm pits and one on your back. It takes guts? Lol you’re a joke . I can tell by your comment you carry because you think it makes you tough and with out it you are weak
No. They’re just too stupid to learn how to use one. They’d just pull another Alec Baldwin.