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RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday that he vetoed “Senate Bill 41: Guarantee 2nd Amend Freedom and Protections.”
“Eliminating strong background checks will allow more domestic abusers and other dangerous people to own handguns and reduces law enforcement’s ability to stop them from committing violent crimes,” Cooper explained. “Second Amendment supporting, responsible gun owners know this will put families and communities at risk.”
SB 41 eliminates the requirement that people have a valid permit from their local sheriff’s office before purchasing or acquiring a handgun. Under SB 41, sheriffs will lose the authority to issue or deny these permits based on criminal background checks and determining the safety and character of applicants.
The legislation removes sheriffs’ authority to refuse a permit based on signs of mental illness, domestic abuse incidents that might not be captured in a national database, or other indicators that a person could be a danger to themselves or others.
The bill also allows guns on some school properties, increasing the chances that children can find or access firearms at a time where gun offenses and suicides among North Carolina children is increasing.
The 2023 North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force reports that gun deaths for children have increased dramatically—231.3 percent between 2012 and 2021. Guns are now the leading cause of injury death for children in North Carolina, surpassing car accidents.
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Plus the fact that too much money that would be lost from the public paying for the permits, the CCW classes, the CCW license, and the salaries of the Sheriff’s Office staff assigned to handle permits and CCW licensing. When have we ever had a Government agency stop collecting a steady source of revenue?