Wake County Sheriff Suspends Pistol, Concealed-Carry Permit Applications As Demand Surges
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 7 months ago
From a reader, news from North Carolina.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office will suspend pistol and concealed-carry permit applications until April 30 as demand surges amid the coronavirus outbreak, Sheriff Gerald Baker announced Tuesday.
Applications that have already been submitted will continue to be processed, Baker said during a press briefing.
Pistol permit applications last week averaged 290 per day, or more than three times the roughly 90 applications per day during the same time period a year ago, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Baker said his office needs time to manage the backlog.
“This decision does not limit anyone’s right to purchase a handgun,” he said in a news release.
Of course, that’s a lie and he knows it.
All permitting schemes are an infringement upon God-given rights, including the one in North Carolina. If the Sheriff had said that he was stopping the processing of concealed handgun permits only, then he might have been correct, but since North Carolina has a permitting scheme for BOTH pistol purchases and concealed handgun carry, that means if someone wanted to go purchase a handgun tomorrow, he would be unable to if he lived in Wake County.
Many other counties are doing the same thing, and unfortunately, the entirety of Pennsylvania is shut down to firearms purchases because the governor issued a shutdown order for all businesses.
Even Hungarians are standing in line for firearms purchases.
About 300,000 people hold licenses for guns in each of the Czech Republic and Hungary, both with about 10 million inhabitants. Licenses are not mandatory for some light arms.
“We are selling five times as much as in a normal March,” said Gabor Vass, who runs three gun shops in the Hungarian capital including the one where Rostas bought his gas pistol.“We could sell 15 times more if we had any more rubber bullet weapons, but we ran out.”
The shop, little bigger than a phone booth and tucked inside a suburban shopping center on the edge of Budapest, was hardly designed for an onrush of customers. But last week brought a heavy stream, people from all walks of life.
“Prepping” means doing it before, not after.
On March 25, 2020 at 8:27 am, DelMarVaDave said:
Well, F’em then. Those hypocrites walk around with plenty of guns and ammunition that we the people pay for. Just carry your gun, concealed, be discreet and no one will be the wiser.
No more “do as I say”! Refuse, Resist, Revolt!
On March 25, 2020 at 9:37 am, scott s. said:
We don’t need to show you no stinkin batches
On March 25, 2020 at 2:38 pm, The Other George said:
” the entirety of Pennsylvania is shut down to firearms purchases because the governor issued a shutdown order for all businesses.”
Not so.
Follow this link:
https://triblive.com/local/regional/wolf-allows-gun-stores-to-reopen-on-limited-basis-during-coronavirus-shutdown/
On March 25, 2020 at 3:12 pm, Herschel Smith said:
@The Other George,
Good. In these instances, I like being wrong. All I can do is cite the source and hope it’s wrong.
On March 25, 2020 at 4:24 pm, Heywood said:
I like to say people stocking up now are “reactors”, not preppers.
On March 25, 2020 at 4:35 pm, Wes said:
@Herschel Smith, You weren’t wrong sir. The Guv just waffled after being faced with lawsuits a-plenty. Real waffles in the kitchen have a more predictable flip time as well as their other value. Politikritters not so much.
On March 26, 2020 at 9:39 pm, Frank said:
Wake locked down today
On March 26, 2020 at 9:46 pm, Herschel Smith said:
@Frank,
Gaston County tomorrow at 5:00 pm.