Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
Amends GS 14-269(a) to clarify that it is also unlawful to willfully and intentionally carry concealed nonmetallic knuckles (was, plastic knuckles), except on one’s own premises. Makes a conforming change to GS 14-269.2(d) and (e). Amends GS 14-315(a) to clarify that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to sell or otherwise transfer to a minor metallic or nonmetallic knuckles (was, brass knucks or plastic knuckles) or other prohibited item under existing law. Specifies that prosecutions for offenses committed before the act’s effective date, December 1, 2011, including prosecutions where nonmetallic knuckles have been alleged to be deadly weapons, are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions. Makes conforming changes to the bill title.