House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Part I.

Amends proposed GS 14-415.35 which allows any person who is a US citizen and is at least 18 years old can carry a concealed handgun in North Carolina unless prohibited otherwise by law, by adding the requirement that the person complete an approved firearm safety and training course. Adds that an approved firearms safety and training course is one that involves instruction in the State's laws on the carrying of a concealed handgun and the use of deadly force. Requires the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission to prepare and publish general guidelines for courses and qualifications of instructors which would satisfy these requirements, including online courses that document attendance and require active participation. Requires an approved course to be one that meets these requirements and is certified or sponsored by one of the listed entities. Requires every instructor of an approved course to file a copy of the firearms course description, outline, and proof of certification annually, or upon modification of the course if more frequently, with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. Amends the penalty for violating the statute to now add that a violation of the general concealed carry requirements is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Amends GS 14-415.36 by no longer exempting persons listed in GS 14-415.41.

Removes Part II of the act, which repealed the following statutes concerning pistol permits: GS 14-402 (forbidding sale of pistols without permit), GS 14-403 (concerning issuance of a permit to purchase a pistol), GS 14-404 (concerning permit denials); GS 14-405 (concerning confidentiality and record keeping requirements); GS 14-407.1 (concerning permits for the purchase of blank cartridge pistols); GS 14-315(b1)(1) (setting out the defense for selling a weapon to a minor that the minor produced a permit under now repealed GS 14-402); and GS 122C-54(d2) (giving a sheriff access to a record of involuntary commitment for mental health treatment or for substance abuse treatment that is required to be reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by GS 14-409.43, for the purposes of conducting background checks under now repealed GS 14-404).

Makes conforming organizational changes and changes to the act's long title.