RALEIGH, N.C. — Advocates who oppose legislation that would repeal the state’s permit system for buying handguns said at a virtual press event Monday that the law changes would pose safety risks to North Carolinians and disproportionately affect people of color and rural communities.
A handful of bills making their way through the state General Assembly this session would make changes to the state’s gun laws, including getting rid of the state’s permitting system for the sale of handguns and allowing people with concealed carry permits to carry handguns into places of worship that also serve as schools.
Lawmakers proposed similar legislation last year, but Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the measures.
