05-02-2025
North Carolina may become 30th state to allow gun owners to carry without permit
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina may be the 30th state in the country to allow gun owners to carry concealed handguns in the state without a permit.
Senate and House GOP lawmakers filed legislation on Tuesday, known as 'Freedom to Carry NC' under Senate Bill 50. This bill would allow anyone to carry without a permit who is a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age and isn't prohibited by law.
With permit-less concealed carry looming in the background of the legislature, local concealed carry classes are apprehensive of the effects if the bill is passed.
'You should have that permit to basically cover you. The class is going to teach you about justified self-defense when you can do it, when you can do it, where you can care, where you can't care,' Anthony Lee of ENC Protective Services said. 'What I'm seeing is how in my personal pay I see an uptick in what we see a bunch of crimes, of violations of concealed carry.'
Kentucky and South Carolina are the most recent states to approve it.
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