NC Hunters Safety Instructors Received a Package from the State

I was informed recently that NC Hunters Safety instructors received a package from the state containing wording that firearms were not allowed in NC Hunters Safety classes, and the state even went so far as to include “No Guns” signage as well. I haven’t procured a copy of the letter, but it was implied to me that the letter also stated that the Hunters Safety instructors were not to be carrying concealed during the classes.

As far as I can tell, there isn’t any law against this in NCGS 14-269, so I’m not sure why the state has taken this step. It should be up to the instructor to decide if he wants to include firearms in his hunters safety class, especially if he wants to go above and beyond the states requirements. Maybe there is some verbiage in the instructor packets that bans guns, and maybe there was an incident that I haven’t heard about that prompted this, but either way it just seems odd that the state would come out all of the sudden and mail out the No Guns signage to their instructors.

Years ago when I took my MI Hunters Safety class (I think I was 12 at the time) our instructor had several long guns that we used to practice different safe carrying techniques and other things. I think this sort of thing is very important for learning how to be safe, and it’s one of the few things that I still remember to this day from my Hunters Safety class.

If anyone out there has some more information on this, I’d love to hear about it. Email me at [email protected], or leave a comment below.