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D. HOW OLD MUST I BE TO PURCHASE A HANDGUN, SHOTGUN, OR RIFLE?
ANSWER: To purchase a handgun from a federally licensed firearms dealer, an individual must be twenty-one
(21) years of age or older. The age at which a person can purchase a shotgun or rifle from a licensed dealer is eighteen
(18). Please note that although an eighteen (18), nineteen (19), or twenty (20) year old may be issued a pistol
purchase permit, they would not be able to purchase a handgun with it from a licensed firearms dealer but could
purchase a handgun from a private person
E. IS IT LAWFUL TO CARRY A WEAPON TO A BAR OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT FOR
PURPOSES OF PROTECTION?
ANSWER: As a general rule, no. North Carolina General Statutes generally forbid a person to carry a weapon
into an assembly where an admission fee has been charged, or a place where alcoholic beverages are sold and
consumed. There is a limited exception for those in possession of a lawfully issued concealed handgun permit.
However, even these permittees may not carry a handgun into such a premises if a notice has been posted
prohibiting such carry and they may not consume any alcohol. A more detailed discussion of these areas is
contained in section III. E. of this publication.
F. DO MY GUNS HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE SHERIFF OR POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHERE I LIVE?
ANSWER: Except as to the requirement to lawfully possess a machine gun under G.S. § 14- 409, North Carolina
does not require other types of firearms to be registered with the sheriff or Police Department.
Continues next month
Question of the Month
Should govenor McCrory have vetoed
the religious objection bill on
gay marriage?
Email your thoughts to
br549@modernmedianow.com and
we will publish the most interesting
ones in our next issue!
Last Month’s Question:
Should the police forces be nationalized?
Absolutely not!
This will only add power to the already
over extended reach of Washington.
We do need changes in our police forces,
but handing control over to the federal
government is the wrong direction. What
communities really need is a privatized
police force.
Think about it! If a privatized police
force is hired by the voters of a community,
paid for by the tax payers of the community,
and that police force is unsatisfactory
to the community, simply fire them
and hire another organization.
IF, Ferguson & Baltimore had a privatized
police force, there wouldn’t have been
a need for rioting or protesting. The voters
simply choose to replace the entire force
with one that would be better managed.
The competitive nature of the free
market would keep all privatized police
striving for complete satisfaction in the
communities they work for.
As for police limitations, such as tactics,
military style vehicles, weapons and gear.
These limits should be decided upon by
the community which hires the police
force and not some slick lawyer
from Illinois.
-Libertarian & States Rights Advocate -
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