The Honorable Tim Moore, Speaker
16 West Jones Street, Room 2304
Raleigh, NC 27601
Representative Grey Mills
300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 635
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Dear Speaker Moore and Representative Mills:
I was relieved to hear that in a public meeting today, Rep. Mills said the reason you have not brought House Bill 189 (“Freedom to Carry NC”) to the floor is that the North Carolina Senate refuses to hear the bill.
Since the problem reportedly lies in the Senate, and at a critical time when both of you are running for Congress, this gives you a unique opportunity to demonstrate to Second Amendment advocates that you strongly support the Constitution and Bill of Rights by publicly vowing to give HB 189 a hearing in the upcoming short session of the North Carolina House. This would, of course, allow us to focus our efforts on the Senate, where Rep. Mills alleges that the problem lies.
It is unfortunate that Speaker Moore’s GRNC “Remember in November” objective candidate evaluation suffered slightly due to the last-minute decision to deny HB 189 a floor vote. Although GRNC’s candidate evaluations have already been released, our GRNC Political Victory Fund candidate recommendations will be released on Wednesday (February 7, 2024), meaning that time is short.
As both of you campaign for Congress, I look forward to telling Second Amendment voters that you stood strong for the Constitution by publicly vowing to give House Bill 189 a prompt hearing.
Armatissimi e liberissimi,*
F. Paul Valone
President, Grass Roots North Carolina
Executive Director, Rights Watch International
Radio host, Guns, Politics and Freedom
* First spoken by Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of modern power politics, with reference to the universally armed and therefore unconquerable Swiss, Armatissimi e liberissimi means “most armed, most free.” As an expression of the importance of the right to arms to freedom, it is GRNC’s credo.
Sounds like when the USA had a chance for reciprocity and one man, McConnel, decided that there would not be enough votes to pass it so he held it from going to the floor. Too much power for any one person to have. If it doesn’t have the votes, let it go to the floor and prove it. Legislature wastes so much time voting on crap that we could care less about but when it comes to something as CRITICAL as this, nope, I the person in power has decided for all of you, I know what’s best so I… Read more »
That worthless old Sinophile needs to be in Guantanamo. Why the citizens of Kentucky don’t retire him, I’ll never know.
Of course, that assumes the votes are actually and accurately counted there.
This is but one example of the excellent work being done by Grass Roots North Carolina (GRNC). I would encourage each of you to seek out your own state organizations and if they are doing good work, offer your support. Of course, don’t forget top tier national organizations like GOA, SAF, CCRKBA. The pro-control side is well funded and always attacking our 2-A rights. Our side must be ever vigilant, too.