BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms recently sent letters to North Carolina lawmakers urging them to override Governor Josh Stein’s veto of their permit less carry bill. North Carolina SB 50 was passed in both legislative chambers and Governor Stein usurped the will of the people by vetoing it.
Lawmakers who should be sympathetic to the passage of the bill either did not show up to vote, voted against the measure, or are not in favor of an override. This needs to change.
Letters were sent to House Representatives Ted Davis, Jr., Stephen M. Ross, Howard Penny, Jr., and Jimmy Dixon.
“I’m writing concerning a decision that you are being tasked to make,” CCRKBA Director John Petrolino said in the letter. “I represent over 600,000 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms members across the country. You have a chance to be part of meaningful change for all who live in and visit North Carolina.”
“You have a chance to do the right thing,” Petrolino further stated. “By continuing to support the need to have a permit in order to exercise a fundamental civil liberty, you are supporting Jim Crow era laws that keep people disarmed. There’s nothing noble about requiring a permit to exercise a constitutional right and you have the ability to help change an unjust law.”
The letters can be read in full HERE.
“This is a scenario where North Carolina should clearly yield to South Carolina and do away with a law that’s historically rooted in racism and classism,” Petrolino said in a statement. “There’s no reason why North Carolina shouldn’t be the 30th permit less carry state.”
We’ll be anxiously waiting to see if these lawmakers do the right thing and/or if they’ll respond with a commitment to vote in favor of the override. For more information on these legislative efforts in the Tar Heel state, we invite Committee members to visit the homepage of our friends over at Grassroots North Carolina. They’ve been actively tracking the progress of the permit less carry bill in their state.
For more information visit: www.grnc.org
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
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