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:\u00a0Moral Imperative: After Senate Vote, North Carolina House Needs to Override Governor\u2019s Veto of Permitless Carry.<\/a><\/p>\n

North Carolina gun owners are watching closely to see where their elected officials stand. Will they cave to gun control pressure or stand with law-abiding citizens exercising their rights?<\/p>\n

In June, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed\u00a0SB 50<\/a><\/strong>, the legislation that would allow permitless concealed carry, or constitutional carry, of firearms by law-abiding North Carolinians. By the end of July, the Tarheel State Senate countered by\u00a0overriding the governor\u2019s original veto<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, gun control activists and antigun groups\u00a0aren\u2019t happy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0about that development. They prefer infringing on Second Amendment rights and penalizing law-abiding Americans instead of holding criminals accountable for their actions when they break the law. Gun control advocates are\u00a0putting pressure<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on N.C. state lawmakers as the bill heads back to the House at the end of August where, if the lower chamber also overrides Gov. Stein\u2019s veto, Constitutional carry will become law.<\/p>\n

Joining the Crowd<\/h5>\n

In North Carolina, opponents of SB 50 are crowing about public safety and the \u201cpotential for increased gun violence.\u201d Gun control groups would prefer to leave responsible Americans defenseless and their continued shouts of \u201cincreased gun violence\u201d ring hollow. After all, that was the playbook run after the landmark 2022 U.S. Supreme Court\u00a0Bruen<\/em>\u00a0decision\u00a0striking down<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0New York\u2019s subjective and overly burdensome \u201cmay issue\u201d concealed carry permit requirements. Americans approved of the\u00a0Bruen<\/em>\u00a0decision by a\u00a0large margin<\/a><\/strong>. Still, several states reexamined gun control laws despite the fact that law-abiding gun owners weren\u2019t the criminal nemesis gun control advocates predicted they would become overnight.<\/p>\n

Now, North Carolina is at a crossroad. Lawmakers can trust those who overwhelmingly obey the law or cave to gun control pressure.<\/p>\n

Supporters of SB 50 agree the bill protects individual liberties enshrined in the U.S. Constitution\u2019s Second Amendment. If the House follows the Senate and overrides Gov. Stein\u2019s veto, it would make North Carolina the 30th Constitutional carry state. Other states that have adopted such freedom include\u00a0Alabama, 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.<\/p>\n

The House veto override vote could come as early as August, but \u2013 given the close margin in the state\u2019s lower chamber \u2013 is not a done deal.<\/p>\n

\u2018Safety Precautions\u2019 for Whom?<\/h5>\n

Like clockwork, the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety is now declaring that the North Carolina House overriding Gov. Stein\u2019s veto of SB 50 would \u201celiminate the safety precautions that are currently in place,\u201d and that in the last several years, criminal misuse of a firearm has increased. Notably, they make no mention of the\u00a0bail reform policies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0soft-on-criminal prosecutors<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in North Carolina cities that have contributed to the\u00a0surge in criminal violence<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s unsurprising. Gun control advocates have never been bothered over taking away Constitutional freedoms from law-abiding Americans. They grasp onto the misguided belief that guns are the root of evil, not the craven hearts of those who have no respect for the law. They would uproot the rights of those who obey the law even as they ignore criminals\u00a0illegally obtaining firearms<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for illicit purposes, and policies which put these same criminals back onto our streets.<\/p>\n

Taking away Constitutional rights \u2013 and the natural right to self-defense \u2013 isn\u2019t going to stop criminals. Only enforcing the law will do that. Recent history shows that law -abiding Americans from all walks of life choose to exercise their right to keep and bear arms over surrendering to fear of crime.<\/p>\n

No Time for Facts<\/h5>\n

Gun ownership among law-abiding Americans has surged in the last five years, including through the addition of at least\u00a026 million new first-time gun owners<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0since 2020. While crime spiked nationwide in the early 2020s \u2013 including in North Carolina \u2013 these high marks have come down since a few years ago. Moreover, these declines have taken place at the same time that firearm ownership increased, and more states have adopted permitless carry freedoms.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0recent podcast<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0The Reload<\/a><\/strong>, Jeff Asher of AH Datalytics spoke about how the murder rate is down overall, and how it will likely continue to drop through the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMurder peaked sometime at the end of 2022. In 2023, it had the largest one-year decline ever recorded,\u201d\u00a0Asher explained<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cIn 2024, it had the largest one-year decline ever recorded \u2013 likely \u2013 we don\u2019t have the FBI\u2019s 2024 numbers yet. And 2025 we\u2019re seeing the largest one-year decline ever recorded. So, an even larger decline than what we saw last year in our sample.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Reload\u2019s Stephen Gutowski\u00a0added<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cand one of the most under-covered stories out there is this crime trend of just huge decreases in murder, to the point where we\u2019re getting it seems like we\u2019re on track, right, to have the lowest murder rate, perhaps in recorded history.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, while gun control activists, antigun politicians and the media continue to portray \u201cgun violence\u201d as an interchangeable issue with lawful gun ownership, the actual trends belie their hyperbolic predictions. Lawful gun owners simply won\u2019t become overnight criminals if North Carolina\u2019s House overrides Gov. Stein\u2019s SB 50 veto.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the real truth that\u2019s been proven in 29 other states that already adopted Constitutional or permitless carry laws. If the North Carolina House votes to override Gov. Stein\u2019s veto, it will mean North Carolinians will have more options to exercise their Second Amendment rights and protect their families, homes and businesses from criminals that blatantly and openly ignore the laws.<\/p>\n

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