REENACT & EXPAND PISTOL PURCHASE PERMIT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2025-2026 Session
House Bill 366 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 11, 2025
AN ACT TO REENACT THE PISTOL PURCHASE PERMIT LAW AND ALSO REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A LONG GUN.
Intro. by von Haefen, Majeed, Logan, Clark.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Mar 12 2025)

Bill History:

H 366

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 11 2025 - View Summary

    Reenacts the following statutes as they existed immediately before repeal: GS 14-402 (prohibiting sale of pistols without a permit), GS 14-403 (handgun permits), GS 14-315(b1)(1) (allowing possession of a permit under GS 14-402 as a defense to offense), GS 14-404 (issuance or refusal of permits in certain counties), GS 14-405 (permit records kept by sheriff), GS 14-407.1 (sale of blank cartridge pistols), and GS 122C-54(d2) (concerning sheriff's access to the record of involuntary commitment for mental health or substance abuse treatment required to be reported to the NICS).  Broadens the requirements of GS 14-402, GS 14-403 and GS 14-404(c)(1) to include long guns (defined as a shotgun or rifle that is not considered an antique firearm as that term is defined in GS 14-402). Applies to the sale, giving away, transfer, purchase, or receiving of a pistol or a long gun on or after December 1, 2025.