A federal judge will allow a Second Amendment lawsuit to proceed against Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden. The suit challenges the way McFadden addresses mental health checks for concealed handgun permits.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 4:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Sen. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, and Republican state senators held a press conference highlighting bills that will expand gun rights ahead of the bills being debated in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 @ 4:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For the second time in two years, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s office, led by Sheriff Garry McFadden, is being sued over delays in processing concealed-handgun and pistol-purchase permit applications.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 3:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Fresh off a Second Amendment rebuke from the U.S. Supreme Court, liberal New York lawmakers are seeking to use the social media accounts of handgun permit applicants to screen their worthiness.
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 6:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The lawyers who won a major Second Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court this week got even less than a pat on the back from the white-shoe law firm they work for – they were forced to quit.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 10:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives wants colleagues to override the governor’s veto of a bill ending school mask mandates. It would mark the first time in a year that lawmakers have tried to overturn a gubernatorial veto.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The bill would have allowed concealed carry during non-school hours in houses of worship that also operate schools.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 1:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation requested by the NC Sheriffs’ Association
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 3:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly is again considering a mild expansion of gun rights in this legislative session, a year after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a similar Second Amendment bill.
Published: Monday, March 1st, 2021 @ 9:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The demand for firearms, starting with an application for a gun permit, remains high, though local sheriffs’ offices are struggling to keep up.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2020 @ 8:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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During a 2020 legislative session immersed in financial doubt and civil unrest, Republican lawmakers flailed against Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power, fighting executive orders they say hurt North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 2:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2020 @ 9:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Wake County Sheriff’s Office made an extremely poor decision to suspend pistol permits until April 30.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Court of Appeals determined the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office violated a Vietnam veteran’s due process rights by denying his application for a concealed handgun permit.
Published: Saturday, October 19th, 2019 @ 12:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There are several candidates who are seeking the Congressional seat from the 3rd District that was held by the late great Walter B. Jones, but only one is a tried and true conservative.
Published: Friday, March 15th, 2019 @ 6:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The current legislative session has been hailed in most quarters as a success, yet much remains to be done
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 9:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Beginning Monday, August 15th, individuals wanting to apply for a handgun permit (to purchase a handgun) will be able do so online by going to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office web page
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2016 @ 9:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill filed in the House last week, if approved, will open up the state to Constitutional carry, or being able to carry a concealed handgun without a Concealed Handgun Permit, if you meet certain criteria
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 7:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Earlier in the month, Cook communicated his strong opposition to Herring and urged the Virginia Attorney General to reverse his decision.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 2:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) released Wednesday, January 06, 2016 a letter to Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:20 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Recently, the General Assembly passed House Bill 562, legislation aimed at protecting the Second Amendment rights of North Carolinians
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the following bills into law.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 4:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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It's not unusual for the media to be unintentionally insensitive. Sometimes in the rush of a deadline we write a headline or put something in a story that has effects we never predicted or anticipated.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus) has introduced a bill that ought to get some tongues wagging.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The media is having a field day talking about the SECOND mass shooting in five years at Texas' Fort Hood. Is the war to blame? How did this guy get a gun? Could the Army have done more?
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 6:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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If the University of North Carolina can't protect its students from violent crime, at least it should let students protect themselves
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Flag-waving, placard-toting gun rights advocates from around the state and Virginia rallied in front of the North Carolina legislative building...
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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