The North Carolina Senate approved constitutional carry legislation Thursday by a vote of 26 to 18, with Republicans voting for it and Democrats opposing it.
On March 18, Breitbart News reported there were two constitutional carry bills in the North Carolina legislature, HB 5 and SB 50.
NC Newsline reported the legislation that passed in the NC Senate, SB 50, now goes to the House.
The “primary sponsors [of SB 50] are Sens. Danny Britt (R), Warren Daniel (R), and Eddie Settle (R).”
If constitutional carry makes it through the NC legislature and gets signed into law it will make the Tar Heel State the 30th constitutional carry state in the Union.
The other 29 constitutional carry states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly:
