Enacts new GS 14-409.41 as the title indicates. Provides a definition of motor vehicle to include any automobile, truck, minivan, sports utility vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, and any other vehicle required to be registered under GS Chapter 20. Provides entities and facilities to which this prohibition does not apply including certain facilities owned or leased by a U.S. Department of Defense Contractor; those involving natural gas or electricity; and those where transport or storage of a firearm is prohibited by state or federal law or regulation.
Provides that a person who is injured or the survivors of a person killed as a violation of this section’s prohibition on restricting the transportation or storage of a firearm and ammunition in a locked vehicle in a manner otherwise in compliance with state law may bring a civil action in the appropriate court against the employer, commercial enterprise, or business who committed or caused such a violation. Additionally provides for the right to bring a civil action to enjoin any employer, commercial enterprise, or business from violating this section. Provides remedies for an employee who is discharged in violation of a policy or rule controlling firearms that is prohibited by this section. Prohibits holding any employer, business, commercial enterprise, or property owner liable in any civil action for damages, injuries, or death resulting for another person’s actions involving a firearm or from ammunition transported or stored under the provisions of this act.
Effective December 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.