U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- February 23rd, the Senate Committee on Judiciary issued a favorable report for Senate Bill 43, to expand the ability of citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones while attending religious worship. They referred the bill to the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate for further consideration.
Senate Bill 43 allows law-abiding citizens who hold a concealed handgun permit to carry a handgun to defend themselves and their loved ones when attending religious worship taking place on private property that is both a school and place of worship, if it does not prohibit firearms. This empowers private property owners to set their own security policy rather than the state imposing a one-size-fits-all solution. In 2019, an armed citizen defended his church against an individual in Texas. This worshiper, Jack Wilson, was able to take action because of similar, NRA-backed legislation in Texas.
Last year, a similar bill, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed both chambers with bipartisan majorities after stalling the year before. It moved through the legislative process quickly last year because of strong leadership demonstrated in both chambers. Unfortunately, Governor Roy Cooper chose to veto this critical bill and the General Assembly was unable to override it.
NRA would like to recognize the North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association for their continued hard work on this legislation. Please stay tuned to www.nraila.org and your email inbox for further updates.
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Concealed is concealed until needed. Unfortunately, there may be a costly legal and financial penalty after it is “needed.” We should not have to risk prison and six or seven figure fines/lawsuits to defend from a crazed killer looking for easy victims on their knees in prayer.
We had the same bill pass a few years ago.
Then the leadership of the church I attended decided the only people who could carry were people who issued speeding tickets in 1973 and people who fired off a couple rounds at muzzle flashes one night in Vietnam in 1972.
Their church, their rules.