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A >> LONG TIME NORTH CAROLINA LAW REQUIRING PISTOL PURCHASE
PERMITS COULD BE REPEALED AFTER
A HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVED IT
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
CURRENT LAW MAKES IT MANDATORY
FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO BUY A
HANDGUN TO GET A PERMIT AND A
BACKGROUND CHECK FROM THE LOCAL
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THIS PROPOSAL IS JUST A PORTION
OF THE CONVERSATION YOU'VE BEEN
HEARING WHEN IT COMES TO
CHANGING GUN LAWS IN OUR STATE
AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
FOR THE NEXT TEN MINUTES WE'RE
GOING TO BE DIGGING INTO TWO OF
THE BIGGEST CONVERSATIONS WHEN
IT COMES TO OWNING A GUN,
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND MENTAL
HEALTH AS WELL AS LEGISLATION
THAT COULD IMPACT CONCEALED
CARRY PERMIT HOLDERS.
AS IT STANDS NOW, SOMEONE WHO
WANTS A GUN WOULD GO THROUGH A
BACKGROUND CHECK UNDER THEIR
LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
BUT HOUSE BILL THREE NINETY
EIGHT WOULD RELY ON FEDERAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS INSTEAD
TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
SHERIFF'S OFFICES.
CONGRESSWOMAN, PRICEY HARRISON
ARGUES REMOVING BACKGROUND
CHECKS FROM LOCAL SHERIFF'S
OFFICES WOULD RESULT IN A
HIGHER RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE.
THIS WOULD >> JUST BE A WAY FOR
GUNS TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE
HANDS OF OTHER DANGEROUS FOLKS
IN DIFFERENT STATES BECAUSE OF
ALL THE GUN TRAFFICKING THAT
GOES ON AND THE LACK OF
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
LET'S JUST SEEMS SO WRONGHEADED
TO BE REMOVING ONE OF THE
BACKSTOPS THAT WOULD PREVENT
GUNS GETTING IN THE HANDS OF
DANGEROUS PEOPLE WHO COULD
CAUWLES HARM TO OTHERS OR
THEMSELVES.
AND IT'S JUST A SUICIDE RATES.
SUCCESS RATES GO WAY UP WHEN
GUNS ACCESS TO GUNS IS EASIER
>>.
CONGRESSWOMAN >> HARRISON ALSO
SAYS REPEALING THIS LAW WOULD
CREATE A GAP IN BACKGROUND
CHECKS FOR PEOPLE WHO TRADE
GUNS INDIVIDUALLY OR BUY GUNS
AT LOCAL SHOWS.
EDDIE CALDWELL WITH THE NORTH
CAROLINA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION
EXPLAINS THAT THE FEDERAL
BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM IS MORE
EFFECTIVE TODAY THAN IT HAS
BEEN IN YEARS PAST >>.
IN PARTICULAR YEARS AGO A LOT
OF THE MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
WERE NOT BEING UPLOADED FROM
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NICS AND
THAT WAS A REAL PROBLEM THAT
THE PISTOL PURCHASED PERMIT
ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GAVE A
LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE
COURT SYSTEM AND THE CLERKS
ACROSS THE STATE WORKED
OVERTIME TO GET THOSE MENTAL
HEALTH RECORDS UPDATED AND
SUBMITTED TO NICS.
AND SO NOW THAT NICS IS MUCH
MORE ROBUST THAN IT WAS IN THE
PAST, THE SHERIFFS BELIEVE THAT
WHAT THE NICS SYSTEM DOES IS
DUPLICATIVE OF THE PISTOL
PURCHASED PERMIT AND THEREFORE
THE PISTOL PURCHASE PERMIT IS
NO LONGER NECESSARY >>.
BACK HERE IN THE TRIAD,
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF SAM
PAGE AGREES THAT REPEALING THE
LAW WOULD REMOVE REPEATED STEPS
.
>> YOU HAVE FEDERALLY LICENSED
FIREARMS DEALERS THAT ARE
LICENSED TO HANDLE TRANSFERS
THEY CHECK THE SAME INFORMATION
IS NOW AVAILABLE TO NICS THAT
WE WOULD HAVE SUCH AS THE
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THE
CRIMINAL HISTORY ISSUES IN ANY
PROHIBITORS AND THEN WE NOTIFY
PRETTY MUCH SHORTLY THAT EITHER
APPROVE OR DENY THE REQUEST.
THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE
SENATE FOR A VOTE.
ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS BILL
PUSHES FOR MENTAL HEALTH
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
THE BILL WOULD GIVE SHERIFFS
OFFICES THE RIGHT TO REQUEST
ANY MENTAL HEALTH COURT ORDERS
FROM A PERSON WHO WANTS TO GET
A PERMIT.
GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF DE
ROGER SAYS HE BELIEVES MENTAL
HEALTH BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE
IMPORTANT TO PROTECT PUBLIC
SAFETY >> AS MORE TO PURCHASE
PERMITS OR HAVING A RECIEVE GUN
PERMIT OR PURCHASE PERMIT OR
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT OTHER
THAN JUST HAVING A CLEAN
RECORD.
WHAT ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH
STATE THOUGH?
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO BACKGROUND CHECK
AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN
PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
DOING OUR JOB AND NOT TO PUT
OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK IF >> THIS
BILL PASSES IT WOULD GO INTO
EFFECT IN AUGUST.
NOW THIS BILL IS PROPOSED AT
THE STATE LEVEL ADDRESSING
BACKGROUND AND MENTAL HEALTH
CHECK.
SENATOR TOM TILLIS IS
COSPONSORING LEGISLATION AND A
CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
THE CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY
ACT WOULD ALLOW ANY NORTH
CAROLINIAN WITH A CONCEALED
CARRY PERMIT TO CARRY INTO
ANOTHER STATE WITH HAT WITHOUT
HAVING TO GET A NEW PERMIT IN
THAT STATE.
CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL CLAIM
IT WOULD REDUCE CONFUSION FOR
PERMIT HOLDERS WHEN THEY CROSS
STATE LINES.
SO IF SOMEONE FROM NORTH
CAROLINA TRAVELS INTO ANOTHER
STATE THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT
STATE'S LAWS.
THIS BECOMES A PROBLEM IF YOU
GO INTO A STATE THAT DOESN'T
HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY WALL
LIKE MARYLAND OR NEW YORK,
THERE ARE 11 STATES THAT DO NOT
HONOR CONCEALED CARRY
RECIPROCITY LAWS SO STATES ARE
NOW LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO THAT MEANS THERE ARE 11
STATES THAT YOUR PERMIT WOULD
NOT BE HONORED IN.
WE SPOKE WITH A VIEWER WHO
EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE OF A
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT.
IT'S >> NOT IT'S NOT ONLY VALID
IN NORTH CAROLINA BUT IT'S
VALID IN NATSFULL OTHER STATES
REALLY THE ONLY BENEFIT TO
HAVING CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT
IS THAT THERE IS NO WHITE ON A
BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN YOU GO TO
A GUN STORE THE BACKGROUND
CHECK IS ALREADY DONE.
IF THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH
IT, THAT'S FINE BUT DOESN'T
BOTHER ME A BIT BECAUSE EITHER
WAY YOU'RE GETTING A BACKGROUND
CHECK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
>> SO WE REACHED OUT TO SENATOR
TOM TILLIS AND SENATOR RICHARD
BURR FOR COMMENT ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
SENATOR BURR WAS UNAVAILABLE
AND SENATOR TILLIS HIS OFFICE
HASN'T GOTTEN BACK TO US JUST
YET.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE
BILL IMPACTS THOSE OF YOU WHO
DO HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY
PERMIT.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS IT WOULD
CREATE A UNIFIED LAW.
IT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE WITH
PERMITS TO CARRY IN ALL STATES
INCLUDING THE ONES WE JUST
SHOWED YOU THAT DO NOT
CURRENTLY ALLOW CONCEALED CARRY
PERMITS FROM ACROSS STATE
LINES.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS
THAT THIS BILL WOULD NOT
INFRINGE ON STATE LEADERS
ABILITY TO MAKE LAWS SUITABLE
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
THAT MEANS THIS IS NOT A
NATIONAL STANDARD FOR CONCEALED
CARRY.
STATES WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED
TO MAKE AND CARRY OUT THEIR OWN
LAWS WHEN IT COMES TO CONCEALED
CARRY.
THE BILL WOULD ALSO NOT ALLOW
SOMEONE TO CARRY A GUN IN A
DIFFERENT STATE IF THEY'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO IN THEIR HOME STATE.
IF YOU'RE VISITING ANOTHER
STATE WITH YOUR CONCEALED CARRY
YOU'D HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS
IN REGARDS TO WHERE YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO CARRY SO THAT THE
STATE DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO
CARRY IN A COURTHOUSE OR HAVE A
CONCEALED WEAPON ON COURTHOUSE
PROPERTY.
YOU'D HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE
RULES BASICALY THIS BILL IS NOT
TAKING AWAY ANY STATE POWERS IT
WOULD ONLY ALLOW YOU THE RIGHT
TO CONCEALED CARRY IN ALL
STATES AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW
THE RULES.
THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS
RULE IS THAT IT WOULD BE
SIMILAR TO YOUR DRIVER'S
LICENSE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DRIVE
IN OTHER STATES WITH YOUR NORTH
CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS
LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THAT STATE'S
RULES OF THE ROAD TO OTHER
STATE BILLS WANT TO CHANGE
WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR
CONCEALED CARRY.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF HOUSE
BILL ONE THIRTY FOUR AND SENATE
BILL FORTY THREE.
THE PROPOSALS WANT TO CHANGE
WHEN SOMEONE CAN CARRY A
HANDGUN INTO A RELIGIOUS
BUILDING THAT ALSO HAS A SCHOOL
ON THE PROPERTY.
THESE BILLS WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE
WITH A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT
TO CARRY IN RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS
WITH SCHOOLS ON PROPERTY ONLY
WHEN THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED.
SUPPORTERS OF THE LEGISLATION
ARGUE GUNS WILL NOT BE ON
SCHOOL PROPERTY AT ANY TIME.
CHILDREN ARE AROUND BUT
OPPONENTS ARE WORRIED THAT GUNS
MAY ACCIDENTALLY FIRE OR
CHILDREN COULD FIND THEM.
A SIMILAR LAW PASSED LAST YEAR
BUT GOVERNOR COOPER VETOED IT.
BOTH BILLS ARE WAITING ON A
THIRD READING.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROPOSALS ON
THE TABLE AT THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO
A GUN LEGISLATION.
BUT THE TAKE AWAY IS THIS
LEADERS ARE PROMOTING GUN
SAFETY WHETHER THAT MEANS
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC FROM HARM
OR PROTECTING GUN OWNER