Are North Carolina Republicans Working To Kill Constitutional Carry?
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 5 months ago
Duncan Johnson at Ammoland:
After pro-gun posturing by Republicans in the NC Senate, it turns out they may never have had any intention of voting with gun owners on HB746. Senate leadership insisted, as long as gun owners were patient, as long as we were quiet, and we minded our “Ps&Qs,” we could count on the Senate to uphold their own Party platform, live up to campaign rhetoric, and push Constitutional Carry to the governor’s desk.
Of course the GOP has tried to kill constitutional carry, just like they tried to kill open carry in the South Carolina senate.
What’s worse, in the previous N.C. legislative session they gave CLEOs even more power than before rather than reversing the antiquated gun permitting process. Heretofore, only CHP holders had to submit their medical records to CLEOs. Now, every handgun purchase requires that, whether the buyer is a CHP holder or not.
Unfortunately, the only recourse for peaceable men is the ballot box. Take action if you live in one of these two states.
On June 26, 2017 at 4:23 am, Nosmo said:
This isn’t hard to understand; “government,” in all its manifestations, campaigns for serving the masses but operates for itself. That makes it the enemy of all free people, the degree of which varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but is never zero.
Some government is judged necessary, the form and quantity of which has been, and is, debated ad nauseam between those wanting more and those wanting less, with no hope for achieving agreement or equilibrium between the extremes (see: U.S. Constitution; The Several States).
The best the free citizen can hope for is for government to keep its distance, which requires near endless “riding herd” on it to enact frequent retrenchment to prevent metastasis. The citizen satisfied with less freedom can, with no effort, simply allow things to take their course.
We have, unfortunately, allowed our retrenchment skills to atrophy. Those content with less freedom consider that a positive; whether they constitute a majority remains to be seen, but appearances are that it is nearly balanced.