North Carolina Bill Would Eliminate Handgun Permits

A major gun-rights bill in North Carolina “took an unexpected turn with a proposal to eliminate the law that requires people receive a permit from their county sheriff before they can buy a handgun,” the Raleigh News and Observer reports.

The bill “still requires a permit to carry concealed handguns but expands the places that those weapons can be taken: all educational property, not just public colleges and universities as an earlier version proposed; private schools, unless they prohibit weapons; parades and funeral processions, unless they’re expressly prohibited.”