It appears that even after ejecting Mayor against illegal guns Jackie Holcombe last year, the town of Morrisville, NC still hasn’t bothered to actually read the NC General Statutes regarding concealed carry in parks. Recently new signs appeared in the parks near baseball fields that say the following: “NOTICE: All Firearms Prohibited in This Area” The problem with this is that ever since HB937 was passed into law last year municipalities don’t have the authority …
Read More »GRNC Tells Raleigh to get Their Act Together
GRNC is threatening to sue the city of Raleigh over their out dated signs in parks prohibiting concealed carry. The Raleigh Parks Director says it’s too expensive to update all of the signs at once, but they will be updated as they get damaged or worn: “Due to costs associated with and the potential of this coming up again, we are not going to replace all signs at once,” Sauer wrote to a Grass Roots …
Read More »10 People Walked into a Bar…
And they ate steak. That is all.
Read More »McCrory Signs HB937 into Law…
… but I think he’s confused about the bill. According to a press release on his website, he says the following: “This legislation prohibits guns in classrooms, dorms, and administrative buildings on college campuses. Additionally, this legislation gives bar owners the authority to prohibit guns in their establishments. Following my threat of a veto, we worked closely with law enforcement officials across the state so that changes were made to the original legislation. This ensured …
Read More »McCrory Will Sign HB937
I had heard third hand that Gov. McCrory was on WPTF yesterday morning, and he announced that he will sign HB937 into law. I didn’t want to announce this until I had heard it with my own ears, and this morning Brian Freeman, the program director from WPTF was nice enough to send me the audio file from the McCrory interview, and I can confirm that Gov. McCrory did announce that he will sign HB937 …
Read More »NC Sheriff Threatening Suppressor Sign-offs if HB937 Passes
It is being reported that Sheriff Williams of Ashe County, NC is threatening the citizens of his county that he will stop signing off on suppressors if HB937 passes into law. Why Suppressors? I haven’t quite figured this out. HB937 does make it legal to hunt with a suppressor in NC, but I would think that the Sheriff Williams would agree with this, because certainly allowing responsible people (the ones who have went through the …
Read More »HTFU!
I’m seeing a lot of people act like HB937 has been defeated. It’s not over. The legislature is still in session, and we’re still being told that the bill will be brought to the floor of the House for a concurrence vote. Stop pouting, pick yourself up, make some phone calls, send some emails and send the message that we will not accept anything other than this bill being passed unchanged. Harden the #$&! up …
Read More »Have you called yet?
GRNC is urging everyone to call Gov. McCrory and Speaker Tillis to tell them to pass HB937 into law as-is. Have you called yet? McCrory (919) 814-2000 Speaker Tillis (919) 733-3451
Read More »NC HB937 Passed in the House!
After much delay, and what ended up being a rather heated debate this afternoon, the NC House has passed HB937, and it will now be sent on to the state Senate. It’s time to change gears and start sending emails, and making phone calls to your NC State Senators encouraging them to vote for the bill!
Read More »NC House Restaurant Carry Vote Delayed… Again
If you listened to Episode 26 of the Triangle Tactical Podcast, you probably heard Ben and I talk about how the restaurant carry bill in the NC House (HB 937) was supposed to be heading to the House floor on Tuesday April 30th, 2013. Well, for one reason or another, the bill got postponed until May 1st. May 1st (yesterday) came and went without a vote, and now we are being told that HB937 has …
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